HOLT CAT posted on November 02, 2020 13:12
Originally posted on Kens5.com
SAN ANTONIO — HOLT CAT Machine Shop Service Technician III Maria Mendez was first exposed to mechanics and repair while growing up in San Antonio.
"Growing up in my family, there was a bunch of family friends who were mechanics. One of them worked on transmissions, another on highway trucks, so I was exposed to that and got an interest in how that stuff worked," Mendez said. "It was mostly watching at first; I’d watch them work. After high school, I went to college and learned more to do hands-on, myself."
Mendez says she went to St. Philip's College, where part of her certification process included completing 300 hours of working in an actual shop. She put out internship applications and received a call from HOLT Cat about opening.
"My certification in college, there was classes like electrical, hydraulics, power train, brakes; you learn all the basics first before you start getting into trouble-shooting and repairs and all of that," Mendez said. "It was very different from school, coming here and getting to work. It’s different to be hands on. You see the problems with the machines."
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