THE TECH SPENT MORE ON TOOLS

The tech spent more on tools than most people spend on a car. Here's what he makes per hour. A fully equipped automotive technician can carry 50 to 100,000 in personal tools. A scan tool alone can rent anywhere between four to $7,000 before the toolbox and the hand tools. And the specialty equipment. Mat Master Automotive Training. And in a lot of shops, Mat Master Automotive Training. The tech makes $20 to $25. Mat Master Automotive Training. An hour. No other trade requires the worker. Mat Master Automotive Training. To own the tools needed to do the job. Electricians don't buy the conduit. Bender's don't buy the pipe. Threader mechanics buy everything. And the tool investment doesn't stop. Mat Master Automotive Training. At higher. As vehicles evolve, the tools have to evolve with them. ADOS calibration targets. Factory level programming interfaces, oscilloscope, five gas analyzers, pressure transducers. A tech who can diagnose everything. Rolling into a modern bay can easily have six figures in personal tool investment. Finance through the tool truck. Paid weekly out of their $20. And meanwhile, the shop charge is $180 to $220 in labor rate per hour for that tech time. The investment in the tool is the text. The revenue generated by the tool goes to the shop. No other business model works. Mat Master Automotive Training. This way. If the restaurant required its cooks to buy the ovens, we'd call that exploitation. In the automotive industry, we call it Tuesday. I'll see you on the next one. Techs are getting robbed.