Training to be an auto mechanic is a good way of providing yourself with a fairly secure career. Vehicles will continue to be our main mode of transport for quite some time. This is even if you take onto account environmental concerns, and the fact that oil reserves are finite. Since vehicles are our favorite mode of transport for work and leisure there are plenty of them out there ranging from brand new down to tired old workhorses that are battered and dented with maybe hundred thousand miles on the clock. All of these vehicles need regular surviving to keep them working quietly and efficiently. Regular servicing prevents breakdowns and larger repair bills at a later date. These services also help to keep a vehicle safe by replacing worn parts such as brake pads, mufflers, tires, and topping up essential fluids such as water, oil, and brake fluid. Increasingly, cars now use electronic components that periodically fail. Auto mechanics need to be able to recognize the symptoms and replace relevant components. As an auto mechanic, you would be helping to provide a service to ensure that people have reliable vehicles that are safe to drive.
There are many places that employ auto mechanics such as commercial repair shops, companies that run in house fleets of cars for their employees, hire car firms, roadside breakdown services, mobile mechanics, the military, police, and taxi firms. It is also a skill that is international; a car works just the same in Australia as it does here, so these skills are highly transferable across borders.