Diesel shops and fleets are struggling to recruit and retain qualified diesel technicians. New research from the American Transportation Research Institute looks into the challenges diesel shops and ...

The number of workers projected to leave the occupation as a diesel tech is outpacing new growth by more than a 5:1 ratio. The combination of a higher number of technicians employed in diesel tech ...

MOORHEAD -- Standing in the middle of RDO Equipment's shop in Moorhead, surrounded by John Deere tractors and hulking construction equipment, Emma Westman wears jeans, a dark-gray, button-down RDO ...

Tighter emissions regulations may be signaling the eventual demise of diesel, but in the meantime, demand for technicians who can work on the nation’s leading workhorse powertrain remains very strong.

According to Fullbay’s 2022 State of the Heavy-Duty Repair Industry Report, over half of responding fleet and independent shops identified hiring techs as their top challenge, while 65% found hiring ...

This is Part 2 of a 5-part series on the trucking tech shortage and the strategies to combat it. Read Part 1 here. Twenty years ago, finding a good maintenance technician at McKee Foods, known for its ...

DAYTON, Minn. — The SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships are held each April and bring together hundreds of career and technical education students who compete in over 80 different trade, technical ...

Vaneza Zepeda learned the basics at her grandpa’s San Antonio auto shop, but it was inside a 40,000-square-foot diesel-engine garage that she built a career. The 19-year-old turned an internship into ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — This week, the Diesel Technology program at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College received national accreditation from the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) ...

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