Diesel shops and fleets are struggling to recruit and retain qualified diesel technicians. New research from the American Transportation Research Institute looks into the challenges diesel shops and ...

The combination of a higher number of technicians employed in diesel tech positions in 2021, together with a lower number of post-secondary graduates, means that the new entrant technicians to the ...

Ed Chipalowsky is a diesel technology instructor for Monroe Career and Technical Institute in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania. Though at first blush, the words technical institute imply the school solely ...

Tighter emissions regulations may be signaling the eventual demise of diesel, but in the meantime, demand for technicians who can work on the nation’s leading workhorse powertrain remains very strong.

ATRI’s latest research doesn’t just confirm the problem, it puts hard numbers to what you’re probably already feeling: 65.5 percent of shops are short-staffed in 2025, with nearly one in five ...

MOORHEAD -- Standing in the middle of RDO Equipment's shop in Moorhead, surrounded by John Deere tractors and hulking construction equipment, Emma Westman wears jeans, a dark-gray, button-down RDO ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Automotive and heavy equipment dealerships in North Dakota are helping pay aspiring diesel mechanics’ college tuitions in exchange for a three-year commitment to work for the ...

DAYTON, Minn. — The SkillsUSA Minnesota State Championships are held each April and bring together hundreds of career and technical education students who compete in over 80 different trade, technical ...

This is Part 2 of a 5-part series on the trucking tech shortage and the strategies to combat it. Read Part 1 here. Twenty years ago, finding a good maintenance technician at McKee Foods, known for its ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Love's Travel Stops has designated March 31 as "national hiring day," during which it hopes to hire 2,000 workers, including truck and tire maintenance specialists to work at its ...