A very big problem looms ahead in the service sector. A recent study I heard about lists the average age of a technician in this country as 50 years old. Looking around our shop, I would have to say that figure is right on the money. It is awfully tough to get a young person to want to plan a career in our type of work for a variety of reasons. The first is that it is work and it takes a high degree of skill and patience, and in the autobody sector we are regulated by what we can charge by the insurance companies. Where a mechanical shop can charge 80 to 90 dollars per hour, we are still at 40. I could go on but you can see the picture.

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