There's a problem in the auto industry.
There are not enough mechanics.
The CEO of Ford, Jim Farley, has been outspoken about it.
It's a very serious thing.
We do not have trade schools.
We are not investing in educating a next generation.
This is Farley on a podcast late last year.
Those jobs are out there.
Mechanics in a ford dealership as of this morning we had 5 000 openings a bay with a lift and tools and no one working it
farley says that after five years a mechanic working at a ford dealership will have enough experience to make 120 000 a year
yet for some reason not enough people want to do it according to a trade group there 's an annual shortage of 37 000 mechanics
across the industry here's our colleague chris otts Farley's comment gave the impression,
or at least some people interpreted it this way,
that, wow, $120,000 jobs and we just do n't have enough people who went to trade school and know how to turn wrenches.
What is wrong with our country?
You know, it's like almost like this moralistic reaction.
With the government, with education, I think we can solve this, but we have a lot of work to do.
But our colleague Chris says that when you actually look at what the job entails.
It is not hard to understand why there is a shortage of automotive technicians when you drill into it
and understand what it takes to be able to do this job.