did they add that into your base pay or was it a stipend.When I worked for a navistar dealer in Chicago, we got $1 for a single cert and 10 cents for each additional cert. IIRC . Master cert was just if you had 6 or more. Advanced cert like T2 counted for a couple nickles more. But it added up on your hourly.It was almost 20 years ago and money was good back then. A guy could easy bang out 12-1400 take home/week in 40 hours using flat rate.
When I was at Transwest Freightliner, every class we went to came with a 2 year commitment debt. If you left within two years you owed them the cost of the classes. I was fully trained on Cummins, Detroit and Allison Unfortunately, Cummins always comes out with something new every few years. So in order to keep top pay you have to keep going back, just as your debt runs out. When I left they took my two weeks of vacation to cover my debt.
What's ASE certification?
It does at least require basic knowledge in order to pass. Some are very challenging. States two years verifiable experience is required. I do not understand how high school and trade school kids can say they are getting the same certifications? They may study and pass the test but have no experience and likely can not fix a spoon. If they are selling training does that not discredit being an independent testing organization? Maybe an ASE spokesman will fill us in?The ASE is a private company that writes and administers tests concerning mechanical systems and procedures initially having to do with the automobile industry and then working out into trucking. I haven't looked into them in years but I hear they are into correspondence courses now teaching how to pass their tests. There is some good to the programs but they make a lot of noise to the dealers who try to use the number of people who have passed their tests and gotten a sleeve patch as a marketing pitch to customers. I see a lot of community college teachers buying into the system big time and most I wouldn't trust with a screw driver and 9/16" wrench. I wouldn't care much about it except that they tried to use the program against those who were capable but didn't choose to spend their money on taking somewhat dubious testing.
The ASE is a private company that writes and administers tests concerning mechanical systems and procedures initially having to do with the automobile industry and then working out into trucking. I haven't looked into them in years but I hear they are into correspondence courses now teaching how to pass their tests. There is some good to the programs but they make a lot of noise to the dealers who try to use the number of people who have passed their tests and gotten a sleeve patch as a marketing pitch to customers. I see a lot of community college teachers buying into the system big time and most I wouldn't trust with a screw driver and 9/16" wrench. I wouldn't care much about it except that they tried to use the program against those who were capable but didn't choose to spend their money on taking somewhat dubious testing.