I must agree that I don't see the point. When I was at the dealers I saw many master certified apprentices that were great at quoting books but couldn't fix a car. There's just no substitute for experience and whether those apprentices made it or not had nothing to do with ASE testing in my opinion. I recertified twice and gave up. I thought recertification was supposed to be so we could be tested on current knowledge as technology changed, but I saw very little of that. Instead it just seemed like a cash grab every 5 years to keep ASE in business and it was a huge pain in the butt for what seemed like very generic tests. I myself have had very little transmission experience as nowadays I send that stuff to the tranny shop, and when I was at the dealers they had dedicated tranny guys, but I had no problem with the tests because they had nothing to do with how transmissions work but a lot to do with how electrical circuits work. I do feel like I'm being too negative first thing on a Monday morning but I've been contemplating a this question a lot lately and I'm glad it was asked so I could get my rant out of the way. I also have to admit that it's been some time since I've been to a test and things could have changed.
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