AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING AND REPAIR TECHNICIAN EMPLOYMENT

With more than 240 million vehicles operating on U.S. roads and highways, vehicle repair occupations are a large source of employment, and vehicle repair services is a major industry and market in the U.S. economy. [...]as the cost of these new propulsion technologies and advanced production materials decreases, and as other mandates - safety, for example - emerge from Congress, community colleges that train workers for jobs in the automotive industry will need education and workforce programs that evolve in lockstep with the industry's changing requirements.