MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
Everyone seems to want young, fresh-out-of-school technicians or those with years of experience, but it may be time to open recruitment to those seeking career changes.
The Arizona Department of Corrections' Fleet 100 program aims to train inmate workers to be fleet technicians and help set them up with a career as a technician after their release.
Daviess County, Ky., has amended its administrative code to allow for county mechanics to increase their hourly wage by up to $2.50.
Apprenticeship and internship programs prep industry newcomers for fleet careers.
Mahanth Joishy, fleet superintendent for the City of Madison, Wis., and this year's GFX keynote speaker, explains why losing 250 combined years of fleet experience from staff retirements was not a detriment to his fleet operation.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is hiring a general manager of fleet and transit operations. The application deadline is May 1.
In the past two years, the Florida county’s fleet team has improved its preventive maintenance and safety programs and is now looking toward fuel updates and a fleet software revamp.
Better data use, better parts management, and better technician training and advancement programs are some of the improvements the City of San Jose, Calif., has made in the past few years.
The University of California, Los Angeles, is hiring a fleet maintenance superintendent to manage maintenance operations for the university’s light-duty fleet.
What’s preventing young people from becoming automotive technicians? Is it actually the great career many fleet managers say it is?