I'm joining on to seek some guidance/opinions about a career change. I'm a 30+ something with a family working as an area director and am seriously thinking about switching careers. I walked into a rover dealer to pick up a part and saw the service area...i didn't want to leave. Each station was well kept, professional, etc.. is it too late to turn a garage junky into a master mechanic??
2002 LR Disco II SE owner

Let me know what you think!
thanks,

 

Welcome to the group.
How mechanical are you? It will take sometime to get the certifications needed to get into the better positions, but I think it would be worth it.

 

I would take a long look at this before you decide,as always I have an opinion and I will tell you that being a landrover tech is not what its cracked up to be ,these cars are one of the hardest in the industry to work on,there is little information/resourse available from landrover you need to be a good tech to start with to work on these cars fix them and make money,the industry as a whole is in very bad shape right now...a lot of techs are leaving and not going back to it,I do not want to discourage you but I want you to know what you are getting involved in,do you know most shops work on a flat rate system,individual or as a team,some have a garrantee some do not,which can be bad if there is no work,and when you have a family to support you need to have a pay check that will pay the bills...anyone can be a certified, master tech, all you need to do is pass tests for ase but to me credentials are just a peice of paper,they do not garrantee that you will be able to fix landrovers most of those tests are based around general motors vehicles,far from anything built by the brits,I have been with landrover for many years they are constantly changing in every way,you learn as you go,like I said before you get very little info from landrover... its a tuff job...if the garage is calling you go for it.

 

I think if its what you really wanna do and it's calling you, then go for it. Good luck and keep us updated.

 

Thank you for the feedback! It is a leap (scary)...my Discovery is 5yrs old, I'm sure it will offer me some practice soon.

thanks

 

I have a fairly good understanding of how things work. I don't know all the termonology but a quick reference seems to clear things up.

Since I am new to any of this....Is your service manager career driven from a tech history? Do I have any other options, especially as a customer service/manager to fit in with a company like Land Rover (or other) without the service tech background?

Any advice there?

Jason