Across the commercial trucking and fleet management industry, one workforce challenge consistently ranks above all others in both severity and business impact: the shortage of qualified diesel technicians. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects approximately 26,500 annual job openings for diesel service technicians nationwide — openings that the current pipeline of trained candidates cannot fill. … Continue reading The Diesel Technician Shortage: What Fleet Operators Need to Know About Hiring and Retaining Qualified Mechanics