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<blockquote data-quote="Redtag" data-source="post: 3995994" data-attributes="member: 70933"><p>Ok, what about a motor or belt crapping out in the middle of a sort? That has to have some stress to it. </p><p></p><p>I have considered going over to PE at some point, never been a industrial mechanic but I have over 20 years of automotive mechanical experience. What is on the test? Heard it’s a lot of electrical and the hands on is welding and stuff. </p><p></p><p>On the automotive side it’s not the actual repairing of the trucks that is hard, anybody with a few years of automotive experience can do that. What is different here at UPS is we are expected to prioritize repairs ourselves and manage a fleet, most auto techs are used to a dispatcher giving them jobs. </p><p></p><p>To be honest none of it is hard, just takes a bit of common sense and a background as a mechanic to do the job. </p><p></p><p>Worse thing I would say is an air trailer road call... lots of levels of management get in on that and are watching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redtag, post: 3995994, member: 70933"] Ok, what about a motor or belt crapping out in the middle of a sort? That has to have some stress to it. I have considered going over to PE at some point, never been a industrial mechanic but I have over 20 years of automotive mechanical experience. What is on the test? Heard it’s a lot of electrical and the hands on is welding and stuff. On the automotive side it’s not the actual repairing of the trucks that is hard, anybody with a few years of automotive experience can do that. What is different here at UPS is we are expected to prioritize repairs ourselves and manage a fleet, most auto techs are used to a dispatcher giving them jobs. To be honest none of it is hard, just takes a bit of common sense and a background as a mechanic to do the job. Worse thing I would say is an air trailer road call... lots of levels of management get in on that and are watching. [/QUOTE]
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