The growing shortage of technicians serving the trucking industry is a critical problem for fleet maintenance managers. But you can keep your fleet on the road and retain great talent with these tips from George Arrants and the ASE Foundation. Download the tip sheet here.
December 1, 2021Technician shortage
Technology, Equipment 
The 5 Challenges Fleet Maintenance Must Overcome to Get Lean
With a steep technician shortage and tightened capacity stretching fleets to their limits, maximizing vehicle availability is critical. In this white paper, learn how predictive analytics are helping shops get lean and drive operational efficiency, talent retention, and profitability.
March 4, 2021 Business, Technology 
Kenneth Calhoun by Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics
Gamification Helps Attract Young Technicians
Kenneth Calhoun by Eleanor Lamb/Transport TopicsSAN DIEGO — Gamification can increase interest and participation in augmented- and virtual reality-based training materials that can be used to attract young people to careers as trucking technicians, according to technical experts.
October 6, 2019 Government, Business, Technology
Understanding the Numbers Behind the Technician Shortage
For what seems like ages, whenever discussions occur within this industry about the technician shortage, this question inevitably arises: “Just exactly how many technicians do we need?” A fair question, right? But not an easy one to answer.
July 19, 2019 Business 
Technicians take the written exam at the 2018 SuperTech competition. (ATA Media via YouTube)
The Technician’s Vital Role in Trucking
Technicians take the written exam at the 2018 SuperTech competition. (ATA Media via YouTube)A major concern of the trucking industry is the widely reported shortage of professional truck drivers, who of course play a vital role in the U.S. economy by safely transporting the nation’s freight.
July 19, 2019 Business, Technology, Equipment 
A Tooele Tech student works in the diesel lab. (Tooele Technical College)
Schools Eye Technician Students
A Tooele Tech student works in the diesel lab. (Tooele Technical College)The diesel technician shortage is a concern within the trucking industry, and technical schools said they’re reaching out to students as early as seventh grade and connecting with adults who want to work with their hands.
July 19, 2019 Business, Technology, Equipment 
Dunham, a service technician at Truck Center Cos., works on a truck. (Truck Center Cos.)
Former Army Mechanic Is Now a Truck Tech
Dunham, a service technician at Truck Center Cos., works on a truck. (Truck Center Cos.)Former Army mechanic Lindsay Dunham says the “unpredictable nature” of her job and being able to work with her hands are among the things she enjoys most about being a big-truck technician.
July 19, 2019 Business, Equipment 
Legacy Truck Centers Inc.
Penske Partners with TechForce on Technician Recruitment
Legacy Truck Centers Inc.Penske Truck Leasing has partnered with TechForce Foundation on the latter’s FutureTech Success campaign, which supports the recruitment of new fleet-maintenance technicians.
November 28, 2018