Monicica Sims, owner SSG Appliance AcademyWhile meeting a person working in space, the equipment repair industry got his first glimpse. “He worked seven days a week, all the time a week,” Sims remember, “so I just went out to spend time with him. I saw how easy it was for him to repair these devices, and he was repairing them soon.”
Image Credit: Courtesy SSG Applicance Academy. Monicica Sims.
Sims believe in “smart, not hard” and the idea was to hire technicians to help the person she was dating with repair calls. She did, but when she didn’t slow down, she ended with her equipment repairing company.
However, in running the business, Sims lost a significant amount of money purchase parts. Many people who hired them did not actually know how to repair the equipment – and they would participate after part in search of a fit.
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So Sims took matters into his hands again. He enrolled in an online course to learn about the repair of the equipment and started handling himself, even taking his children.
“When you fix something, it promotes you, whenever you do it.”
Nevertheless, Sims knew that there was a better way to train and hire TECHN technicians to enhance business, so once again they came out to perform: It founded the SSG Application Academy, which in 2019 is the main principle of training in the main principles of the main principles for the development of the equipment repair industry.
“I saw how to repair the equipment is the gift that keeps giving,” says Sims. “When you go out, when you fix something, it promotes you, every time you do it. It’s not a job. It’s a good job.”
When Sims came out on jobs with his daughter, he found out that there were many clients living in the house who breathed a sigh of relief when they realized that they would not be alone with the male worker. Knowing this, and seeing that the booster devices can be repaired in confidence, Sims committed to bringing more and more women into the industry.
According to statistics, the revenue of the total appliance repair industry in 2023 has reached an estimated $ 6.3 billion, yet women are less than 3 % of domestic goods repair. Consumerfires.
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Sims decided to share with shelters to grow the SSG Application Academy and provide a viable way for women there. Although there was a lot of interest, the shelters did not have the fund to back it. Therefore, the Sims were approved for grant through the Manpower Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
Sims says the fund is less income, low or unemployed women and men to complete the SSG Appliance Academy program and “help to turn their lives.”
SSG Appliance Academy classes usually enter eight to 10 students. It had three women in the recent course. In the past, Sims often had to participate in programs and women had to come to class. She says that now, her mouth is helping them to help them.
“You have to prove yourself (as a woman) in this industry.”
Sims are looking forward to seeing more women taking advantage of the SSG Appliance Academy, despite the challenges that can come in space with a woman.
“You have to prove yourself (as a woman) in this industry, and not only to consumers,” says Sims. “You have to prove yourself in front of everyone who works in the industry.”
Sims are also excited to see more and more people on the board to see the jump in the equipment repair industry, saying that learning trade can help people earn more than a four -year college degree.
“Repairing devices can really help change people’s lives,” says the founder.
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“You want to learn your skills inside.”
For other women who are interested in starting their careers or businesses in the equipment repair industry, Sims has some straightforward but necessary advice: Enroll in a program that can help you learn everything needed to learn about trade.
Sims says, “You want to learn your skills from inside.” Many technicians in this field now learn on a job, so they become part changer because they do not learn how to properly diagnose the devices and resolve the problem. So my advice would definitely take the class. It should not be my school-no school. “
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Sims noted that there will be many obstacles along the way, but he encourages anyone to live a course interested in repairing devices – because “it’s a very beneficial career and business.”
This article is part of our ongoing women’s business series, highlighting stories, challenges and victories of running business as a woman.
Monicica Sims, owner SSG Appliance AcademyWhile meeting a person working in space, the equipment repair industry got his first glimpse. “He worked seven days a week, all the time a week,” Sims remember, “so I just went out to spend time with him. I saw how easy it was for him to repair these devices, and he was repairing them soon.”
Image Credit: Courtesy SSG Applicance Academy. Monicica Sims.
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