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Just_a_GT
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Any diesel technicians here. What was you first job and what school or program did you attend?
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1990 GT 308 edelbrock alum heads Daily driver
2000 GT CAMMED 281ci
Posts: 697 | From: Winton, CA | Registered: Oct 2010
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norcalfiddy
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soon to be. lol planning on going to uti in sac.
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600HP 1996 7.3L powerstroke single cab short bed race truck
Posts: 3393 | From: Brentwood | Registered: Aug 2011
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flores24v
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Originally posted by norcalfiddy:
soon to be. lol planning on going to uti in sac.
Same here. I think I'm going to start looking into it
Posts: 851 | From: Florida | Registered: Jan 2011
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Just_a_GT
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Have you guys tried looking at community colleges see if they offer a program? My nearest community college offers a great program where you can get your certification in 2 semesters. Pretty cool and you don't need to spend all that money for schools like uti wyotech.
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1990 GT 308 edelbrock alum heads Daily driver
2000 GT CAMMED 281ci
Posts: 697 | From: Winton, CA | Registered: Oct 2010
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dvuspny
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There are endless jobs for diesel technicians. ....Its honestly not such a bad job. There is always something to do. Most of the shite is entirely preventative maintenance. Some of it gets dirty. Just depends what the application of the engine is in. Yeah; try your local community college and keep the money your pockets. Lots of the jobs are willing to train and send your thru the actual manufacturer training schools and certify that way. Most jobs don't seem to give a Dang if you have cert otherwise. Its a start tho.....in my opinion it was easier work. Less diagnoses; things wind up be obvious broken if broke at all. They are pretty much bullit proof. Filters.filters. ...Filters!!!!!. Have to change them and keep them clean!!!. The engine will run almost a million miles sometimes. ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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Posts: 1221 | From: ~BAY AREA~ | Registered: May 2011
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DLo
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Friend is a diesel tech and he did the UTI program out of Sac. Has a pretty good job locally and I think he got hired pretty quickly right out of school.
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94 GT
Posts: 1876 | From: Bay Area, CA | Registered: Oct 2005
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svfreerider87
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Originally posted by DLo:
Friend is a diesel tech and he did the UTI program out of Sac. Has a pretty good job locally and I think he got hired pretty quickly right out of school.
ya he got a good job at cat, my uncle has been a diesel tech for 30 years now, he's all beat to shit physically (bad back knees etc) but he always has work and has great retirement and benefits, btw younger friend who works at cat is already considered 20% permantley disabled (at 26 years old) from a little knee injury, weird how some unions work.
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Dreamspeed Motorsports
Posts: 1685 | From: Sunnyvale | Registered: Jun 2005
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LX347hatch
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Go to alameda college for their diesel program, I took 2 classes from them then switched fields.
while I was attending there were techs from cummins that had graduated from wyotech in wyoming and cummins had sent them there to reinforce their skills. Dont waste your money in uti or wyotech and go to Alameda.. That's what they told me they wished they would have done.
Posts: 1416 | From: El Sobrante | Registered: Sep 2008
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Poisond Pony
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I did UTI for the Ford certs, did line tech for a year and moved to diesel. Love working it, keeps my hours good, my paychecks as good and my wrenches dirty.
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1997 SVT Cobra
very stock, very lame
Posts: 1089 | From: Portland, OR | Registered: Dec 2004
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02angrybird
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I went to de anza(gas school), first shop job was a tire/lube tech at sears, and now I work at a diesel shop, and I'm getting on the job training.
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KIH Willie Guzman
2002 WS6 RIP
2009 G8 GT DD
97 taco 4X4
98 TA under construction
Posts: 991 | From: san jose | Registered: Sep 2011
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