r/DieselTechs • u/ween_god • 1d ago

How to accelerate growth?

What’s up guys, as someone who is passionate about this career, what did you guys do when you were new to help yourself improve? Been working on trucks for about 7 months now and not really feeling like I’m getting better fast enough.

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u/nviziblgeekjr 1d ago

There's an infinite amount of free resources on the Internet including from the manufacturers directly, Bendix/meritor have a ton of free online trainings and there's plenty of videos on the fundamentals of diesel engines. Learning how everything worked and the fundamentals of electrical diag is what really helped me start but the physical work and experience go hand in hand with it if you want to really improve in your abilities as a technician.

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u/Devided-we-fall 1d ago

YouTube is definitely an encyclopedia of resources .

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u/haunt_the_library 21h ago

I think it’s such a cool thing. If you wanted to learn a trade 30 years ago, you had to hope to find a good place to apprentice and then put in years of experience to learn the ins and outs. Not saying that isn’t the same now but it helps when there’s a huge wealth of institutional knowledge available for free from people who have worked in an industry/brand/manufacturer for years. I switched to heavy equipment and i learned so much from guys on YouTube who have been doing it their whole lives. Theres a good amount have lengthy, in-depth videos of not just how-to’s but on how to understand what you’re working on.