My husband considered it as we knew someone that was going down to the one in FL and wanted someone to go and help share expenses. He decided not to go. At the time, we were staying long term and my husband had a secure job on the Army post. The friend went down and came back after training. The only job he was able to get in the area was at a Camping World which paid, at the time, $10.00 per hour and this was in 2004 which was 1/2 what he was making as an airplane mechanic. Being new got him stuck with the more undesirable tasks and I won't detail that. While the course is good, there is still a lot to learn "in the field" per his experience and he was a long time RV owner. Now, we knew someone that took the course in FL and he set up his own business repairing and inspecting RVs in a rather wide area and wider if one was willing to pay his travel expenses. For him, this was income in addition to his military retirement. He set up a cargo trailer like a little shop and went out to the campgrounds. As expected, he had all of those normal business expenses that you get when running your own business. Would your husband be picking up jobs on the road as you went or maybe running a mobile type business?

Well the best way to look at it is cost....

Certified Tech school average cost for a good course is 6500.00

if you have to buy all the tools your really going to need 1200

small onsite parts inventory about 2k

so basically you would have to lay out 10k if you are serious about doing it as an income


like it has been said....after you finish school you have only learned the basics......every brand appliance...coach and system design has its own quirks....They dont teach them all and your going to have to see each one as you go along.

Repairing is not for those that are not mechanically inclined or have poor on the spot problem solving skills.

in the field the going Service tech rate goes anywhere from 25 to 65 per hour plus travel.......

working for a shop will very by region ....

SnowGypsy wrote:

. Would your husband be picking up jobs on the road as you went or maybe running a mobile type business?

 

 

Picking up jobs as we went probably...it would be a second income 

el Rojo wrote:

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GENECOP wrote:

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I am going to do it.......if for nothing else to have a better understanding of all the RV Systems....i am not doing it to earn income or to save money, I am doing it because I love everything about RV ing and want to have as much knowledge as I can, I also want to be able to help people while on the road....I have checked out two places in FL, they offer a short coarse and a longer coarse that puts you on the path for Certification...

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 Gene may I ask what the cost of the coarse's you found are?

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 Its been awhile since I sent for and read about the coarse description and fee, but the full coarse was about 6-7000, there was also a shorter 1 month coarse for about 2000..The two schools I looked into are in Florida....

Also if you are repairing someone else's RV for pay you will need to carry liability insurance for a minimum of one million dollars in coverage. Preferred amount is 3 million.

A mobile RV technician removed a stove from a friends RV while she was away. He did not plug off the gas line but did turn off the propane at the tank. When she returned home she was cold so she went outside to turn on the propane. When she opened the door to go back in the RV, the escaping gas exploded. She received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to her face, arms and chest.

The technician had not left a note or communicated to her that he had left the gas line uncapped.

Terry Cooper used to teach and certify techs at a BIG Houston RV dealer. He now operates The Mobile RV Academy and conducts live classes offering the basic information to maintain your own RV. You can contact Terry or Evada Cooper at 254 709-3251 or LadyECooper@MobileRVAcademy.com This is his website >>> mobilervacademy.com/