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volunteers, to drive promote appliance technology as a
career choice for young people. Supporting their efforts,
either financially or through your own time and talent, is a
great way to help the industry gain traction and get more
young people involved and fired up about the possibilities
that appliance repair might offer them. Manufacturers like
G.E., Bosch Home Appliances and Fisher & Paykel are all
active sponsors of Skills- if you are supporting these
product lines, talk to your rep to see how you can provide
support locally.
• Promote appliance service technology as a viable career option
There are a lot of things that we can do locally to help get
the word out. When local schools have a career day, offer
to go in and speak with students about your job. Perhaps
you can set up a "ride along" or job shadowing program to
allow interested students to spend a day with you and see
what appliance service entails. Taking action in your own
corner of the world is probably the best way to make a
difference!
• Get "out of the box"
Many ideas and suggestions come out of regular
conversations and talking with peers in the industry- don't
think that anything is out of bounds. There have been several
programs in my experience at the manufacturing level that
were tossed out and may have initially been rejected, only to
be reconsidered, tweaked and developed, and then rolled
out successfully. If you have some ideas, let them be known-
speak to companies that you might support in the field and
let them know your ideas. We at PSA are always interested
in hearing suggestions that will help move the industry
forward, and we'll certainly make sure any ideas get to the
right people. Don't be shy about sharing. THERE ARE NO
IDEAS THAT ARE OUT OF BOUNDS!
Too often, appliance service support is like being a good
baseball umpire- "the highest accolade is silence". Yet,
baseball needs umpires, so be sure to speak
up if you have suggestions on addressing this
matter. The industry wants to hear what you
have to say!
Randy Carney
Director of PSA
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