Reflective Response

After going through the careers coarse i have learned what it takes to become an automotive technician and what type of person is right for the job. I believe that my interest, values, skills, and intelligence will help me with the career I am wanting to pursue.

With a passion for cars and loving to get my hands dirty this should make me a good choice for this career. For example I have been helping my grandfather with his 1952 Chevrolet that he bought and has been restoring for about 7 years. This has been a major part of why I have wanted to become an automotive technician. This is an important part of any career because your interest and hobbies are a big factor of what you want to do once your finished schooling. This is so important because if you don't love what your doing as a job then maybe you need to check what your interest are and base your future career on that. Before you go into a job you have to make sure that your eligible and that you have the right skills for the job. Having the right skills is key especially when in choosing a career. You need to keep this in mind because you don't want to apply for a job that's in accounting and you've never done much accounting. its not just about having the specific skills towards a job you also need to have the essential skills that everyone needs to be successful. Skills such as basic math, English, communication and listening skills, these are all mandatory skills that every person should have when choosing their career or getting a job. Taken from my career path so far, Ive grown up with a passion for cars and the auto industry. I have made sure that along the way I receive the right skills that will make me successful such as oil changes, changing tires and all the basic skills that i will need to ensure that I can perform my job at the required level. Now each person has there different learning style that is suited to them. These leaning styles separates us all and makes us who we are. With myself being a kinesthetic/ visual learner I find that this has a major impact at why I have chosen the career i want to pursue. Being a kinesthetic and visual learner it fits with what I am wanting to do which is be an automotive technician. Going into this field its good when you learn this way because your working with your hands and by being a kinesthetic learner it just comes naturally. the visual learning is helpful when your learning how to use a new piece of machinery or a new technique on how to do things. By also being a visual learner you will be able to take the visualization on how to do the new thing you just learned and put it to use.

Having all these learning styles and the right skills are a great thing to have but you have to start looking out for your future and what things in and out of school you are goin to need to make you that much more experienced and increase your chances of future employment of your dream career. For myself I am currently taking automotive coarses at highschool and going towards an apprenticeship in automotive and looking forward at taking the motive power course that is out of Fanshawe College once i have graduated highschool. Out of school I have helped my grandfather restore a car and have learned alot from him since he was in fact auto teacher. However with his restoration project now pretty much complete I am looking forward a little project of my own. Now that I am 16 and have gotten my G1 and planning on gettin my full G in the near future. I have thought that once I gather up enough money that i would buy my first car and start a project of making customizations on that car. by doing this i hope to accomplish even more skills and experience to help me along with my career.

For the future I have some hopes and dreams that i'd like to see happen. Once I have completed my schooling, gotten all the skills that I need to help me and the knowledge I hope to be working somewhere doing something that I absolutely love with a great salary to support the family that I will probably start in many years and the family that I had growing up. I hope to keep in touch with the many friends I had through my school days and make new friends through my job and potentially neighbours once I buy my first home in whatever city, town or village I might be living in. By that time I could see myself with a car that I have only been able to dream about in my garage along with tools so that I am able tofix my own vehicle when needed. I also have a dream that some day I could open up my own shop where I can specialize in something like car customizations, race cars/drift cars.

In conclusion my career that I have chosen seems to be a perfect fit for me and could open oppurtunities for me in the future to have what I think would be the perfect adult life. If I follow the path that I have planned out so far I find that I will succeed and I will know when I have succeeded and became successful when I wake up everyday and is anxious to get to the job I love to dowhich is to help the everyday person keep their vehicle in top running order.