Edwin Hazzard is a business owner, mobile diagnostic tech, automotive instructor and currently, a contributing writer for Motor Age magazine and automotive service professional magazine and has been an auto tech since 1984.

Key Talking Points:

• We interviewed at ASTE 2018 in Cary, NC where Edwin taught a few classes.
  • Sees a diverse age group in class.
  • Refreshing to see the commitment to give up their time to educate.
  • The techs who are coming to training want more of it..
• 20 years as a mobile diagnostic tech in NY state and in South Carolina.
• Four years as a trainer for Carquest Technical Institute.
• Instructor for Ulster County in NY for high school Automotive Training.
• Moved down south, continued being mobile diagnostics tech.
  • Also works part-time at a truck shop.
  • Contributing writer to Motor Age.
  • Spent a few years as an instructor for Carquest Technical Institute (CTI).
• Daytime training is a trend that must happen.
• ADAS is coming. Get in the know.
• Don’t ever discount the tech specs on vehicles. You’ve got to read to be able to diagnose.
• Passion for training.
  • Need to enjoy what you do for a living.
  • Sees diverse age group in classes.
  • “Don’t update, you evaporate” – Tech’s responsibility to get trained. Need to stay ahead of new technology, improve career and increase pay.
  • Cost of training is an investment.
• Mobile tech
  • Needed because of lack of training/equipment in shops today.
  • Techs are skipping steps.
  • Will explain to tech after completed the fix on what was the problem was and how it got fixed- mini training session.

Resources Mentioned:

• Thanks to Edwin Hazzard for his contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast.
• Link to the ‘BOOKS’ page highlighting all books discussed in the podcast library HERE. Leaders are readers.
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