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1-02-08
Toyota Partnership Provides Career Opportunities
UAW-LETC Student ASE Results
TOYOTA PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Toyota's partnership with UAW-LETC provides career opportunities at Toyota and Lexus dealerships across the country. Together, they provide state-of-the-art automotive training in both a classroom and dealership setting. UAW-LETC/Toyota Technical Education Network (T-TEN) students learn and earn in a supportive environment while receiving instruction from factory-trained teachers and guidance from UAW-LETC support staff. They will graduate from the program with the confidence, skills and certifications needed to launch a challenging and profitable career.
Today, dealerships need 36,000 new technicians annually to keep up with demand. (Source: Auto Retailing Today) That demand translates into opportunity and job security for T-TEN graduates. That number will grow as more vehicles are on the road and an older generation of technicians retires. Unlike many other professions, service technicians are not in danger of seeing their jobs outsourced abroad.
Upon completion, UAW-LETC Career Transitions Specialists, in conjunction with Toyota Representatives match students with dealerships in their hometown for employment. UAW-LETC students work in paid externships at dealerships with the support of a Toyota mentor and other team members. Newly hired graduates learn technical skills and develop good work habits through a Toyota mentor. Graduates also work as part of a skilled technician team or independently under the continued supervision of an experienced shop foreman to provide for continued skill development along with the camaraderie and satisfaction of working on a dedicated team.
QUICK FACTS ABOUT TOYOTA AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
- According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, service technicians earn higher wages working in new and used car dealerships than in independent repair shops.
- UAW-LETC helps place T-TEN students into dealership positions with opportunities for accelerated career enhancement and earning power.
- Toyota and Lexus dealerships project a need for 22,000 new technicians by 2011. (Source: Toyota)
- Highly skilled and motivated Toyota and Lexus technicians often earn more than $70,000 each year. (Source: NADA)
- By becoming a Toyota or Lexus technician, UAW graduates are joining a high growth organization. Toyota sells almost 3 million vehicles a year in North America, up from about 1.1 million in 1990. (Source: Toyota)
- Since 1988, auto technician wages have steadily grown faster than the rate of inflation.
- Technicians earn from $28,000 to more than $100,000 annually. (Source: NADA)
- More than 16 million new cars and trucks are sold each year. (Source: NADA Data, May 2006)
The results are official!
Seventy-nine (79%) percent of the UAW-LETC students who participated in ASE Certification testing in November, 2007 passed the Automotive/Truck Repair tests they took. Typically experienced technicians pass ASE tests at a rate of approximately fifty (50%) percent.
Your center may have other students who can benefit from the UAW-LETC Advanced Training Program. If so, we encourage them to apply. Any motivated Job Corps completer, interested in a career in the automotive field, would be strongly considered for our Advanced Training Program.
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