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Jon38 Junior Member Picogroup Offline Posts: 63 Ocoee Florida USA Gender:	need b level tech central florida Jun 2^nd, 2013 at 3:43pm Im the lead tech for MIKE THE MECHANIC LLC in winter garden Fl We are swomped and I cant keep up . You need too have moderate diagnostic skills and be able too perform most repairs unserpervised AND HAVE YOU OWN TOOLS !!!! pay will depend on your experiance hourly not flatrate but youll need too keep up
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PRESTON LSD Guide Picogroup Offline "Fix like a champion today" Posts: 4,959 Jensen Beach Florida USA Gender:	Re: need b level tech central florida Reply #1 - Jun 4^th, 2013 at 9:18pm Damn, close, but not close enough.
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Tom Roberts Autonerdz Administrator Picogroup Offline Autonerdz Founder Posts: 8,595 Olympia Washington USA Gender:	Re: need b level tech central florida Reply #2 - Jun 5^th, 2013 at 8:07am You, Preston? A B tech?
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PRESTON LSD Guide Picogroup Offline "Fix like a champion today" Posts: 4,959 Jensen Beach Florida USA Gender:	Re: need b level tech central florida Reply #3 - Jun 5^th, 2013 at 8:17am Well, after as much work I have put in to looking for new digs and coming up short, I may have to "take what I can get" in the near future. Thanks for the confidence in my ability
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daveyK Super Nerd Picogroup Offline (Retired) - Elevation: 525 feet Posts: 2,357 Hellertown, PA, USA Pennsylvania USA Gender:	Re: need b level tech central florida Reply #4 - Jun 5^th, 2013 at 1:15pm Hi Preston, I saw in on of the trade mags that Babcox publishing had a job placement service - maybe worth a shot
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BMW Scott Super Nerd Picogroup Offline Posts: 561 High Point, NC North Carolina USA Gender:	Re: need b level tech central florida Reply #5 - Jun 5^th, 2013 at 5:17pm Tom Roberts wrote on Jun 5^th, 2013 at 8:07am: You, Preston? A B tech? Smiley That's exactly what I was thinking! Don't sell yourself short.
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Reply #6 - Jun 8^th, 2013 at 2:35am

Preston,
I know you like working on anything and everything and you do that well. Wouldn't it be nice to work on newer stuff everyday?(CAR DEALER) Not that it matters down south. You don't even need a torch down there.
You never worked a new car dealer, correct? They are always looking for good tech's.It might be worth your while to look into that for a starting point. Some will even have a nice sign on bonuses and possibly help pay for your move.
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Reply #7 - Jun 8^th, 2013 at 9:29am

I'm going to respond to this hear but apologize about derailing your thread at the same time Jon38.

KarlW wrote on Jun 8^th, 2013 at 2:35am:

Wouldn't it be nice to work on newer stuff everyday?

Well, yes, it sure would.

KarlW wrote on Jun 8^th, 2013 at 2:35am:

You never worked a new car dealer, correct?

I worked for a Toyota dealership for a very short time. It didn't take me long to realize that I was going to be bored out of my mind just doing the daily grind ( i.e. maintenance, brakes, flushes, bulbs, etc. ). I wasn't seeing any form of wacky problems, intermittents, drivability complaints, etc.. I know that I may have been exposed to it on occasion if I had stayed there, but it just wasn't going to be enough for me.

KarlW wrote on Jun 8^th, 2013 at 2:35am:

They are always looking for good tech's.It might be worth your while to look into that for a starting point. Some will even have a nice sign on bonuses and possibly help pay for your move.

Yes, I agree. I have put dealerships on my list, but closer to the bottom than the top. I don't much care for the politics involved with any of the dealerships I have been exposed to. I don't much care for the way that it seems most of them treat there techs. I also don't like being disconnected from the customer. Color me naive, but I feel like in my lifetime I can contribute vastly to the image of our industry as a whole, one customer at a time, rebuilding the trust that was likely lost so long ago. I feel that a dealership is not going to be the place I can accomplish that. The dealer is a great place for many techs, but I'm just not one of them. Now that being said, I have a family to take care of first and foremost and I will do what I have to do, the dealer has it's benefits, and after the emails and phone calls I have been making, they are moving up higher on the list Cry

BTW Karl, where exactly do you work, did a guy just retire from there? My BIL just told me that his uncle retired from "the town" as he calls it, as a mechanic working for the city or something like that.

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Reply #8 - Jun 10^th, 2013 at 11:09am

PRESTON wrote on Jun 8^th, 2013 at 9:29am:

BTW Karl, where exactly do you work, did a guy just retire from there

Kid Its to bad your not moving here. We need someone who can fix thing here because I sure cant. Grin

For the past 3 years I've been working for the City of Somerville next to Boston. I retired from a almost 23 year bout with Ford.
What City/Town did he work for? and no no one retired. The dude that was here before me went to Cambridge Fire.

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PRESTON LSD Guide Picogroup Offline "Fix like a champion today" Posts: 4,959 Jensen Beach Florida USA Gender:	Re: need b level tech central florida Reply #9 - Jun 10^th, 2013 at 11:32am I believe he worked for Boston.
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Reply #10 - Jun 10^th, 2013 at 6:02pm

if the tech is A tech material we need that too but my boss just fired the only other guy apperantly showing up for work is too much too ask . And I got all the drivabilty problems all the engine work and I have too stop and do oil changes and brake jobs and cars arent getting done but another A tech would sure make my life easier

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