How To Become a Mechanic With No Experience Or School: Plus, The Secret Tool Mechanics Use.

Learn how to become a mechanic when you have no work experience or schooling. In this video you'll learn that if you don't have experience, you can create the experience you need for yourself. Once you've done these 3 things mentioned in this video, you'll be ready to approach any employer and share your story. These methods will have employers interested in you to a higher degree.

I created this video because I watched Scotty Kilmer, Chris Fix, Lets Drift Media, and the Mechanic OC. They had good general information, but they all lacked more in depth explanations as to start out as a complete beginner.

Just to note, using this approach may not land you into dealerships immediately, but your chances of getting into lube shops is almost assured knowing these things. This route will save you money on tuition and you build your skills while working entry level jobs. Then you can move up slowly to enter dealerships or independent shops while building your resume.

While I do show you here that you can get into the automotive field without school, there are certain instances where I recommend college.

If enroll in community college and pay for a 4 month tuition course, that would be fine. Usually tuition for that is around $3,000 or less and you can apply for scholarships or grants that will pay off your course no problem. And you get certified at the end of successful completion with enough knowledge to enter the automotive field. This is a good option. Not the best, but good.

The best time to go to college is when you are already working for an employer in a shop. Usually a year or two later if the employer likes you, he will offer to sign you up for apprenticeship. This means now you can go back to school and sign up for apprenticeship under your employer's offer. And since they offered to sign you up, that means in most cases they will pay for all or some of your tuition training. Then this is the best time to go to college.

The worst time to go to college, and I recommend you stay completely AWAY FROM, is those 1 year, 2 year, 3 year, 4 year automotive programs. Those college courses will cost you up in the $30,000 and up just to enroll. And say goodbye to any scholarship really helping you out to cover your college tuition. Maybe you might score a $15,000 scholarship.

But then you're competing with straight A students in your college and people who've done community work who qualify. Good luck getting those scholarships. There are maybe only 1 or 2 of them anyways. And say hello to a big fat loan that will follow and haunt you for a long time in your life.

So all in all, it is still possible to get into the automotive field without any college whatsoever. But it will take a bit longer to move up. At least you can get into a lube shop and start there. You will learn lots from there anyhow.

Build up your skills and your resume working at a lube shop so you can gain credibility to enter an independent shop or dealer. You might have to be at a lube shop for at least a year before moving up.

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02:01 Tip #1 to becoming a mechanic.
02:44 Tip #2 to becoming a mechanic.
03:08 Tip #3 to becoming a mechanic.
03:30 How to apply these 3 tips to get a job.

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Wataboi - Jungle Juice

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[ItzCruizStation]

I'm not trying to get a job as a mechanic but I'm trying to learn this stuff so I can work on my own vehicles

[penguinman]

Another thing to consider. The pay often sucks, but apply for a job at a quick lube. Work there for 6 months to a year. Most of them don't require any experience and have relatively high turnaround. Plus you usually don't need to have your own tools which can be a big expense for a starting mechanic. This can help get your foot in the door of the industry.

[kisakawrogers]

Thank you, I've only discovered my love for vehicles and engines last year. Now I'm starting where most people start when they're in their teens. So I have to work harder and teach myself ALOT but this video helped thank you

[voltage]

Sorry bro but this was painstaking to listen to. Up the enthusiasm and you’d quadruple your views

[lea-rwcb]

This dude is spot on, if you have the aptitude for it then you'll be fine most everyday car repairs are simple as he says oil and brakes are a garages bread and butter.

[datboybadly]

Hey man I’m still young but I love cars and I love looking at cars and touching cars this video helps me when I get a job I’m putting these tips

[CouldntGetEvan]

It sounds like you were the only one working on the school project, enthusiasm homie. It did help very much though

[toneburgos]

I think the first thing of wanting to be a mechanic with no experience is to make sure thats what you want to be for sure.
Cause fooling around with other peoples property is not good at all when you have no experience. You gotta first keep that in mind. There's a real quote that says,
" to know and not to do, is not to know.
So hands on experience on your own car is the best way to start learning a few basics. I my self personaly built my own empire...sorta speak, I started being a mechanic at the age of 11. My first fix was a starter on my uncles 73 corvette. Suprisingly the year i was born. But yea that was fun.😉 handling a big starter at the age of 11. But those were the dayz,
The dayz i fell in love with being a top mechanic. I worked alot and gain my experience from fixing my own cars and other peoples cars as time went on, cause i had already learned pretty much by age 18. As years went by i never step foot inside a shop or worked inside one.
I, ve always did my own work, had and made new customers doing side jobs that they even told me to open up a shop because im so damn good at it. But in reality life happens and today i have no regrets of NOT owning my own shop. I still do my own work i am my own boss and i work on just about anything including hybrids...ive learned electrical diagnostics and tuning you name it. And i did it all by learning on my own and with a good push from my uncle...Thanx Unc! R.I.P.
Experience from any type of car repair counts, down to the smallest of
details. Its not about schooling or classes that hold you back from learning more. When you create your own experience you correct your own mistakes, mistakes is the key to being a better mechanic. In other words building experience also comes with mistakes. Just make sure the mistakes are not made to someone elses property. ...which is the first rule of being a mechanic...if it ain't broke, dont fix it, if you cant do the job... Dont try do it. 💯leave it to some one who can.
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[TaylorLuna-fseo]

I have worked on my cars. Oil changes, transmission drain & fills, brakes& rotors, full tune ups, rack and pinions, struts, coolants drain & fill, radiators, electrical sensors and mass airflow sensor. I love working on all my cars. I have 5 lol. But I have no school or no prior job experience in automotive. I just want to get a job in a shop somewhere and do what I love to do. Would it be easy for me to get a job with only personal experience with no school or job I need a job change, something I enjoy.

[meteorology]

There’s also YouTube videos on how to do it so you don’t have to fear those small tasks

[dee]

I completely agree with this. This is exactly where I'm trying to start

[MRO]

Thankyou Sir I replaced flat tire and change engine oil of my neighbours car lots of regards all the way from *India*

[KellyBtech]

Quick lube shops work fast, the engine oil is at full operating temp (~195*F)(which can deepfry any part of you that it happens to splash on ...all day long; car after car after car) and if you ever forget to reinstall a drain plug it can cost the shop several hundred to several thousand dollars. You would be let go. It's not a walk in the park and it's not a very high paying job either. Brake work is hazardous as you would be breathing asbestos all day, every day until you were able to get a better job. The liability is very high in brake work. If the mechanic messes up on a brake job and causes an injury accident or worse there could be a stiff penalty including fine and/or imprisonment (yes, that includes the mechanic too). You really HAVE to know what you are doing. That's why it's best to put yourself through a two year technical automotive repair course at a technical college or "vo-tech" (if they still exist). Two of the three that I attended changed from the latter to the former because colleges are more expensive and bring more profit for it's owners. Just the way it is these days. Long gone are the days of the shade tree mechanic being able to fix a modern vehicle correctly and it's getting to where technology is advancing so rapidly that mechanics may need to return to school or somehow upgrade their knowledge on an ongoing basis. We've got several different fuel types to learn as well as hybrid and now full electric. There's planes trains and automobiles that all need a mechanic's care and my last time through college in 2006, they told us that there was a 60, 000 mechanic shortage nation-wide and it was forecasted to get worse. The way I see it, that fact doesn't make it easier to get into the business without the necessary education, but rather puts more work on the ones who are qualified, capable and willing to do the work. I think this is why you see the advanced mechanics making higher than average wages. It's technical, demanding and sometimes and in some ways dangerous work. Please guys and gals who have a love for working on cars; go to school and pay your dues, ask questions and take good notes. It's the only way to do it right. The lectures are rapid-fire and they don't have a lot of time to dial-in everyone's understanding in class. If you just aren't understanding something after asking for a re-cap, catch the instructor during lab if he ever has a spare moment. God's blessings and go get'em!

[fionnmcaleer]

This is honestly great advice. Thanks lad 👊

[alexgonzalez]

Is 23 too old to get into the industry? I also have no mechanical history or background.

[bean]

what if i got no expierence with cars and I'm failing hs but i wanna live my life as a simple mechanic

[ryanfrizzell]

Interesting video. Now I know more about how auto mechanics become. Thank you.

[naturandmor]

I am sleeping while you explained it 😅

[gasperajdnik]

I'm 15 years, I want to become a mechanic 👨‍🔧👨‍🏭🔧🛠️⚙️🔩.
I wach allot of car rapair videos. Thanks for the video. It helps.
Ill trai to repair my dads car 😉👍.

[ascott]

I was 14 found myself at a friend's church hangout night. His dad knew a neighbor that needed work on a lawnmower. Made $10! 23yrs later I work with guys that can't be professional parts changers for $25+!!
If you can't put it together, don't take it apart. Find old busted lawnmowers and see what's inside before you change grandma's oil and risk leaving her stranded and only you to blame. This vid might be uplifting, but you have to have a picture in your head of the perfect outcome. Anything less is complete failure. Meaning the problem is solved, no further issues needing addressed. A time keepers point if you will. Education from a guy down the street. Go to local drag/dirt races and learn. Don't talk!! Just listen. Be a fly on the wall and jump in when you can. Best of luck to you grubby knuckles mfkrs!!