Central Florida teens test auto technician skills, industry looks to boost workforce
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Lyman High School senior Alexander Brooks, 17, attempts to diagnose mechanical issues with the Dodge Charger during the Central Florida high school student’s automotive competition during the Central Florida International Auto Show at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. The students were tasked with identifying and fixing mechanical issues, and the top three competitors won a part of the $10,000 scholarship money at the end of the automotive competition. Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/TNS
A deep interest in luxury sports cars and the mechanisms that make them roar led Dylan Serrano to pursue a career as an automotive technician.
“I think I fell in love with being a problem solver,” he said. “With a car, it’s just a bunch of problems and then I just love solving it and figuring it all out.”
Serrano, a 19-year-old student at Osceola Technical College, was one of 20 teenagers who tested their automotive technician skills this week at the Central Florida International Auto Show…
