Recruiting a mechanic is difficult in some car garages. In Quimper, in Finistère, a company displays its ad in giant format outside its establishment while other garage owners turn to vocational schools.
Due to a lack of staff, a car workshop in Quimper in Finistère is struggling to meet the demand of its customers, resulting in a 4-week waiting time for a vehicle to be seen.
The company displays its ambitions outside its establishment as It seeks to hire mechanics on permanent contracts. It has encountered enormous difficulties in recruiting, a situation which is posing problems for motorists.
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” We need one, or even two mechanics. We have a lot of requests for appointments, the waiting times are getting longer, which is creating tensions, ” explains Jean-Luc Gloanec, manager of the Espace-Auto garage.
The profession suffers from a bad image. The clichés associated with it die hard. Working in the dirt, a poorly paid job, according to this professional, is what young people think of the mechanic profession. However, “this is no longer really the case” explains Christian Tollec, “ they are paid correctly, the work is not as hard as before. We have lifting bridges, it is heated, everything has changed .”
To find this qualified workforce, professionals in the region are making eyes at the high school for automotive trades in Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch. In this establishment, one hundred and seventy young people are trained in bodywork, painting and mechanics. The numbers are increasing and the selection is tough.
” It’s very positive, the rarity of the profession makes it more valuable, so families allow young people to follow this training. ” Nathalie Glez Director, training delegate at the automotive trades high school.
If in the past, the automotive industry was considered a dead end, today, young people follow these courses, above all by choice. And as Azilis Uguen, a student in a vocational baccalaureate, testifies, ” good body repairers are sought after, and therefore they are well paid .” With a vocational baccalaureate or CAP in their pocket, these young people have no trouble getting hired. They are often even recruited before the end of their course.
Source: Franceblue.fr