Is an automotive technician a difficult career?
Well as a mechanic myself, at times it can be VERY difficult and very tiring. Especially when it’s 8am and your boss has asked you to do a gold service and timing belt on a VW Gold (bloody german engineering!) by 11am. I’m telling you, getting to the third cylinder spark plug on one of those things is a mission and a half. It is VERY hands on. And you must always remember that what you do (or don’t do, for that matter – or even what you mess up without realising) could cost the customer their life. So basically, every time you work on a car, you could potentially kill someone if you don’t keep focused 😉 It’s also a very dirty job. Luckily for me, my company requires the use of latex gloves (to keep the customer’s car clean.) But as for “hard and tiring work” being a bad thing? Not so much these days. It was harder in the past without the use of hydrolic hoists and engine hoists. But I’m a chick and I handle everything perfectly fine – so it couldn’t be THAT bad, could it? As for the p
