Careers in the automotive industry

Questions for the article:

1.   High-tech systems unheard of 30 years ago are now standard equipment on much of the nation’s fleet of vehicles: stability and traction control systems, adaptive cruise control and variable valve timing, just to name a few.
2.  Young people should have skills in math, science, communications and technical skills for a career as an automotive technician.
3.  Some advantages in obtaining an education as an automotive technicians versus other high-tech educational options are; automotive technicians can begin their career after just two years of education, which allows students to get out in the real world sooner- and with less college debt.
4.  Statistics forecasts automotive repair and maintenance industry is expected to add 237, 500 new jobs and have a 30 percent growth rate through 2020.
5.  The automotive technician career is fairly immune to the outsourcing of jobs picking up steam- first manufacturing jobs, now computer programming, customer call-center work, and accounting services all going overseas.
6.  Four positions that an automotive technician can hold in the industry are; with schools and colleges as an instructor, work in the technical services, high performance rebuilding and machining, and work in parts distribution and wholesaling.
7.  The automotive technician role is sometimes called the "portal career" because so many people have started their career in the automotive aftermarket as an automotive technician.

Video:

1.  Some aspects of being in the automotive industry I think I would enjoy would be working out problems for them or doing measurements because I'm good at doing math. 
2.  Some things I found interesting about the video are there are so many things that you are expected to know and be able to do as an automotive technician suck as, plumbing services, electrical stuff, etc.  Another thing that I found interesting was the communication skills because you would often be talking to people in the public.
3.  Life long learning is an important aspect of being an automotive technician because the technology and electronics are always changing.  Everybody has seen it, each year with a new car, there are tons of new technology involved with it, and the technician needs to learn about all the new things quickly in order to make the changes.
4.  Some skills or characteristics that an automotive technician should have are, communication skills, math and science skills, and the motivation to learn.