belive me, im going to use as much of my gi bill as i can. i love working on cars trucks and heavy equipment. i have losts of hands on. i really just need that paper saying i know what im doing.

 

Get a job a a dealorship or a shop first, get your hands greasy and see if you like working on other peoples veichles. I thought I wanted to be a diesel tech (back in the day), after woring as a tech in training I realized that I just liked working on my own stuff. I noticed that alot of mechanics drove beaters, and was told that you work on cars all day, why would you want to work on your cars when you get off work and on your days off.

 

i'd got with john deere or caterpillar or something like that. the job will always be there. construction and agriculture aren't going anywhere. i don't have to worry about getting laid off when times are bad.

 

UNOH (University of Northwestern Ohio) is a great school. I went there a graduated with an associates in auto repair and high per. auto. (i know i know not diesel) I did have a buddy that did the diesel side and said it was very good program. all of there teachers either own(ed) there own shops or were high level techs in there area. At least look into if nothing else. A guy I work with went to wyo tech and from comparing schools said it wasnt nearly as good as unoh.. just my .02 though.

 

get a job in it....best education, and you get paid for it!

 

I went to NDSCS (North Dakota Stace College of Science) They have a great Diesel Tech program along with a John Deere Program and a Cat Program.

I was in the broader diesel tech program. All I can say is we covered a lot of stuff. If it was found in a semi or a tractor we took it apart and put it back together.

Not only that but I had a blast after school there

In my class everybody left the school with a job if they wanted. Myself I came back for a 3rd year and took welding. Then left there and have been farming/Ranching ever since.

 

i currently got to texas state technical college ft bend tech center and its nothing like it was described....its not a bad school but the deffinatly not as promised....and i will deffinatly say some teachers are alot better than others....the kids that just got out of high school and are only there because somebody told them they were going to college or moving out of the house get in the way and can be very frustrating....but if you stay awake in the classroom and pay attention in the lab theres a lot to be learned

 

Here is a link I started some time ago on this same subject:

UTI or Wyotech? - Dodge Cummins Diesel Forum

 

Ain't that the damn truth.

 

I just Dropped out from UTI completly worthless for a whole month they taught how to jack a truck up work in the field you will learn more fro it. or chose a local school u know people tht have graduated from there imo dnt do uti

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UTI from my point a view was for someone who had never seen or looked under the hood of a car and thats what they tell you too its for peopel who are not very mechanicly inclined. you can learn alot from there but you can learn the same thing in the field and get paid for it. uTI just wasnt worth 40k out of my pocket to me actually it would prob be closer to 50 after loan intrest but yea u see my point