It all depends on what type of shop you want to work at. Future shop, Best Buy, Etc. and you will need to have the MECP certification. I hired a new guy at Christmas straight out of high school, the only experience he had was a semester of co-op, but I got to train him the way I want him to do things. The more he can do the more money he can make. He is already at the $10.50/h mark and it has been 4 months.