Hybrid / Electric Vehicle

Designed for technicians who maintain, service and repair hybrid or electric vehicles. It contains the knowledge required to work safely around a vehicle’s hybrid system.

Overview of Course

This course will support you to carry out the removal and replacement of electrical units and components including:

Inspecting, locating and correcting faults
System enhancements
Installation and testing.

This will cover high voltage diagnostics and repairs on Hybrid vehicles. It contains the knowledge required to work safely around a vehicle's hybrid system.

Technological developments utilised with Hybrid and Electric Vehicles along with the critical safety measures are very different to traditional vehicles. The courses contained within the Hybrid and Electric programme are designed to cover everything that you need to know about these vehicles; from how to work safely on them, to the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to remove and replace HV components.

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What you will learn

The qualification covers:

Health & safety
Component identification
Isolation procedure
Hybrid batteries
Motor generators
Inverter and control system
Drive systems
Regenerative braking
Air conditioning systems
Electric principles
Code reader
Basic fault diagnoses

Employer Benefits

On completion technicians will be able to practically demonstrate that they have the knowledge and skills required for repairing vehicles with high voltage hybrid technologies which includes:

Improving efficiency and profit margins by first time fault diagnosis
Reducing time taken to make an accurate first time fault diagnosis
Reducing dissatisfied customers through misdiagnosed faults/components and increasing customer loyalty
Effective use of diagnostic equipment
Generating new business as Hybrid vehicle specialist