Down anyone know if there isa national cert process like ASE for heavy equipment mech the ase is geared towards trucks and autos
why? if your trying to prove that you can take stuff apart and put it back together to sell yourself to a perspective employer take the truck/bus/auto stuff. I did all of that when I was first starting out it was a waste of time, if your worth your beans you already have a job fixing equipment because the industry is all but desperate for new and experienced help....IMHO....TIO
A few years back ago a piece of paper from UTI seemed popular with the dealers I worked for.... no idea what's happening now. Out here some of the community colleges had good programs for diesel along with other trades and again if you had a piece of paper from them it helped a lot with the hiring. Human resources drones who can barely pick their own noses but have some form of paper from some college or diploma mill are always more impressed with papers and certificates than they are real world knowledge and skill. In my view of the world when it comes to hiring technicians most companies have no clue, they hire those who interview well and not the people with the actual talent. The best of the best at fixing machinery rarely have any people skills, they're egotistical, opinionated, rebellious, sometimes nearly illiterate and often at a loss for words when asked the silly ass questions some interviewer reads off a sheet prepared by suit with letters after their name. Ask me how I really feel sometime, lol.