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Thanks for the replies! I definitely took the job at GM because I believed the schooling and the experience would be an excellent thing for my career. The issue I seem to be finding with a lot of shops is the lack of work given to apprentices. Right now they’re using me as, and I quote, their “quick” guy. Meaning I’m doing mainly oil changes for waiters which the service guys have no intention of selling anything to. This really bothers me because I have far more experience than that from previous jobs. The general pattern at most shops these days is that you aren’t given work until you’re licenced. I’ve been fortunate to be allowed to help/work at a lot of shops that didn’t just treat me like a lube tech.
So I’ve been considering doing my level 3 block or even challenging the level 3 exam to get myself that much closer and eliminating that barrier or not being licenced. Oddly enough though, doing block may put my job in jeapordy. That’s why I wanted to see if ASEP was really all that different in curriculum from a general trades school. Thus far the other apprentice (just finished lvl 3 of ASEP) doesn’t seem as though he is being given the work to allow him to apply anything he’s been learning at school.
Thanks for the replies! I definitely took the job at GM because I believed the schooling and the experience would be an excellent thing for my career. The issue I seem to be finding with a lot of shops is the lack of work given to apprentices. Right now they’re using me as, and I quote, their “quick” guy. Meaning I’m doing mainly oil changes for waiters which the service guys have no intention of selling anything to. This really bothers me because I have far more experience than that from previous jobs. The general pattern at most shops these days is that you aren’t given work until you’re licenced. I’ve been fortunate to be allowed to help/work at a lot of shops that didn’t just treat me like a lube tech.
So I’ve been considering doing my level 3 block or even challenging the level 3 exam to get myself that much closer and eliminating that barrier or not being licenced. Oddly enough though, doing block may put my job in jeapordy. That’s why I wanted to see if ASEP was really all that different in curriculum from a general trades school. Thus far the other apprentice (just finished lvl 3 of ASEP) doesn’t seem as though he is being given the work to allow him to apply anything he’s been learning at school.