Need Advice Please

Thanks.

Well I did marine engineering and learnt to fix cars. If anyone asked me I would say you could be a mechanic but focus on the electronics aspect and on the high end European cars. Learn to fix those instead.

But op as a graduate and 24 I won't really advise you to learn such. It's a waste of your technical abilities. Do some research on digital skills and try your best to acquire them. I recommend a digital skill because with that you can freelance for clients in the west. You can get a job with relocation packages to a much developed nation and you could even get jobs too in Nigeria if that's your thing. If you are also interested in being an entrepreneur, most venture capitals and incubator hubs will rather back up a technical founder with digital skills than a non technical one.

If you are going to dedicate 6 months to 18 months of your life learning something then that thing better be something very very useful.

Banfe6:
Thanks for opening this thread

I am a Mechanical Engineering graduate with passion for Mechanical equipments from bicycle , industrial generators to saloon cars since my childhood as I do repairs bicycle for my friends then and this increase intrest to study Mechanical Engineering not oil and gas mentality as people do think.

I will be rounding off my service year this month(May) and I have determined to go into apprentice in one of the above except if engineering offer comes my way, Which one should I go for and what are things I should put into consideration?

I am 24years old

I Need Advice Please

Thanks.

It's easier for you to learn car mechanic even from roadside and advance with your education. Automobiles will never go extinct and will never stop having problems.

I really commend your vision.

You are already on your road to success. Time is of essence in the pursuit of success. No time to waste.

That is even why I am commenting in the first place. How many places have Industrial generators ? Don't go there.

Go for generator repair(Home generators) if you want to finish your training under One or Two years. You will master it in one year if you have a master who does not hide secrets while teaching you. Watch him closely.

Go for auto repair if you want to spend up to 4 years with your trainer.

Both of them are lucrative.

Naughtysite:
I really commend your vision.

You are already on your road to success. Time is of essence in the pursuit of success. No time to waste.

That is even why I am commenting in the first place. How many places have Industrial generators ? Don't go there.

Go for generator repair(Home generators) if you want to finish your training under One or Two years. You will master it in one year if you have a master who does not hide secrets while teaching you. Watch him closely.

Go for auto repair if you want to spend up to 4 years with your trainer.

Both of them are lucrative.

You seem to forget that the vast majority of the owners are poor people. I don't care whether if na big generator or not, the likelihood that the vast majority of his customers will be Nigerians means he will cater to poor people. He better learns plumbing on a wider scale instead of home generators repair. There is nothing lucrative about learning to repair home generators, he is better off with industrial generators. The issue is getting the contacts of those in that niche but once that has been achieved, you will deal with companies rather than individuals of whom the vast vast majority are poor.

tensazangetsu20:
Well I did marine engineering and learnt to fix cars. If anyone asked me I would say you could be a mechanic but focus on the electronics aspect and on the high end European cars. Learn to fix those instead.

But op as a graduate and 24 I won't really advise you to learn such. It's a waste of your technical abilities. Do some research on digital skills and try your best to acquire them. I recommend a digital skill because with that you can freelance for clients in the west. You can get a job with relocation packages to a much developed nation and you could even get jobs too in Nigeria if that's your thing. If you are also interested in being an entrepreneur, most venture capitals and incubator hubs will rather back up a technical founder with digital skills than a non technical one.

If you are going to dedicate 6 months to 18 months of your life learning something then that thing better be something very very useful.

@OP: Adhere to what this lad has stated. He is experienced and knows what he typed. The same reason why I said you should deal with industrial and not home generators is the same reason why this lad recommends you deal on high end European cars instead of the regular Toyota and Nissan. You deal with people who are financially capable to undertake whatever costs to repair their cars, can afford original (not tokunbo) parts not people who cannot an original part in your regular Toyotas or Hondas. But I heard the pay in learning these skills are horrible. You better get mentally prepared.

Mmbom! After they will say learn a skill (carpentry, mechanic and whatever).

tensazangetsu20:
Well I did marine engineering and learnt to fix cars. If anyone asked me I would say you could be a mechanic but focus on the electronics aspect and on the high end European cars. Learn to fix those instead.

But op as a graduate and 24 I won't really advise you to learn such. It's a waste of your technical abilities. Do some research on digital skills and try your best to acquire them. I recommend a digital skill because with that you can freelance for clients in the west. You can get a job with relocation packages to a much developed nation and you could even get jobs too in Nigeria if that's your thing. If you are also interested in being an entrepreneur, most venture capitals and incubator hubs will rather back up a technical founder with digital skills than a non technical one.

If you are going to dedicate 6 months to 18 months of your life learning something then that thing better be something very very useful.

Thanks for your contribution sir

I will look into this

ugreat:


It's easier for you to learn car mechanic even from roadside and advance with your education. Automobiles will never go extinct and will never stop having problems.

Thanks Sir

Automobile will never go extinct

Naughtysite:
I really commend your vision.

You are already on your road to success. Time is of essence in the pursuit of success. No time to waste.

That is even why I am commenting in the first place. How many places have Industrial generators ? Don't go there.

Go for generator repair(Home generators) if you want to finish your training under One or Two years. You will master it in one year if you have a master who does not hide secrets while teaching you. Watch him closely.

Go for auto repair if you want to spend up to 4 years with your trainer.

Both of them are lucrative.

Thanks for your response sir

Gerrard59:


@OP: Adhere to what this lad has stated. He is experienced and knows what he typed. The same reason why I said you should deal with industrial and not home generators is the same reason why this lad recommends you deal on high end European cars instead of the regular Toyota and Nissan. You deal with people who are financially capable to undertake whatever costs to repair their cars, can afford original (not tokunbo) parts not people who cannot an original part in your regular Toyotas or Hondas. But I heard the pay in learning these skills are horrible. You better get mentally prepared.

Mmbom! After they will say learn a skill (carpentry, mechanic and whatever).

Thanks for your contribution once again

More info about me, I'm from a low background, so I will just like to learn car programming and general maintenance because it will be unwise of me to frustrate my parents at this stage, then I can try to pick things up to advance level when I get my ground.

Gerrard59:


You seem to forget that the vast majority of the owners are poor people. I don't care whether if na big generator or not, the likelihood that the vast majority of his customers will be Nigerians means he will cater to poor people. He better learns plumbing on a wider scale instead of home generators repair. There is nothing lucrative about learning to repair home generators, he is better off with industrial generators. The issue is getting the contacts of those in that niche but once that has been achieved, you will deal with companies rather than individuals of whom the vast vast majority are poor.

Economies of scale is the catch here.

If he repairs 20 generators in a day from 20 poor people and collect N2,000 each, how much is he going home with ?

The people who drive automobiles like Toyota Camry and corolla, are they not poor people ? Are the mechanics of today not richer than their customers(car owners).

Should he go and learn how to fix BMW, when he knows that 80% of cars on Nigerian roads are Toyota ?

Dangote is also selling cement to a vast majority of poor people.

Naughtysite:


Economies of scale is the catch here.

If he repairs 20 generators in a day from 20 poor people and collect N2,000 each, how much is he going home with ?

The people who drive automobiles like Toyota Camry and corolla, are they not poor people ? Are the mechanics of today not richer than their customers(car owners).

Should he go and learn how to fix BMW, when he knows that 80% of cars on Nigerian roads are Toyota ?

Dangote is also selling cement to a vast majority of poor people.

Economies of scale doesn't apply to physical labour especially when you don't have leverage. It could take you almost a day to tear down, troubleshoot and couple a generator and you might get paid 1000 if it's all this I pass my neighbor generator. As for cars, it's not easy to fix ten cars in a day. Depending on the problem, one car might take two weeks to fix. Not as easy as it seems. I recommended the European brands because those who drive that here have the money and can pay his bills. A range rover owner can pay op 50000 to service his car but how many corolla owners will even pay you 5000 to do so and it takes the same time.

tensazangetsu20:

Economies of scale doesn't apply to physical labour especially when you don't have leverage. It could take you almost a day to tear down, troubleshoot and couple a generator and you might get paid 1000 if it's all this I pass my neighbor generator. As for cars, it's not easy to fix ten cars in a day. Depending on the problem, one car might take two weeks to fix. Not as easy as it seems. I recommended the European brands because those who drive that here have the money and can pay his bills. A range rover owner can pay op 50000 to service his car but how many corolla owners will even pay you 5000 to do so and it takes the same time.

With this bolded comment, it seems you don't own a car.

I was beside a Hilux owner who paid N75,000 to service his hilux. It was done in 3 hours.

Anything I tell you here, I am talking from experience, I don't give audio advice.

I am an engineer, with experience.

The guy who fixes my generator handles up to 15 in a day without any apprentice. Imagine how many he will fix with 2 apprentices.

My mechanic fixes up to 40 cars daily, over 30 will be completed same day, he has 8 apprentices.

Tear down generator in a whole day. You are obviously disconnected. Theoretic advisers.

Naughtysite:


I was beside a Hilux owner who paid N75,000 to service his hilux. It was done in 3 hours.

Anything I tell you here, I am talking from experience, I don't give audio advice.

I am an engineer, practical one with experience in many fields.

The guy who fixes my generator handles up to 15 in a day without any apprentice. Imagine how many he will fix with 2 apprentices.

My mechanic fixes up to 40 cars daily, 30 will be completed same day, he has 8 apprentices.

Tear down generator in a whole day. You are obviously disconnected. Theory advisers.

Your mechanic fixes 40 cars daily. Except he's continuously doing general servicing it's not possible and he has the leverage of 8 apprentices. Cars aren't just fixed when they have issues. You have to diagnose, troubleshoot, scale down the problem before you fix them. Troubleshooting takes hours. It's also the same thing with generators.

I studied marine engineering. I learnt to fix cars. I own a parts business. It's something I have done since 2017. It's why I advised op to instead pick up a digital skill especially since he has a mechanical engineering background. I have had cars it took me a whole month to fix. Try fixing a lexus LS that has been riddled with electronic problems especially with its complex electronics. It's not as easy as you think.

Wow, I seriously had no clue as to what mechanic coogee is all about until I came to an article about it online. You guys have to read it out for once, I swear you guys will really end up learning a lot for sure.

tensazangetsu20:

Your mechanic fixes 40 cars daily. Except he's continuously doing general servicing it's not possible and he has the leverage of 8 apprentices. Cars aren't just fixed when they have issues. You have to diagnose, troubleshoot, scale down the problem before you fix them. Troubleshooting takes hours. It's also the same thing with generators.

I studied marine engineering. I learnt to fix cars. I own a parts business. It's something I have done since 2017. It's why I advised op to instead pick up a digital skill especially since he has a mechanical engineering background. I have had cars it took me a whole month to fix. Try fixing a lexus LS that has been riddled with electronic problems especially with its complex electronics. It's not as easy as you think.

I see u know about car repairs. i know part business too but recently i been thinking of learning the mechanics stuff for a year( i know all the tools already). Do you think a year will be enough to know about 50% of car repairs

shagamite:

I see u know about car repairs. i know part business too but recently i been thinking of learning the mechanics stuff for a year( i know all the tools already). Do you think a year will be enough to know about 50% of car repairs

Six months sef is enough.

tensazangetsu20:
Six months sef is enough.

Nice, will definitely start soon.