Electric vehicle repair skills an ‘operational necessity’
Autotech Training has warned independent bodyshops that gaining electric vehicle repair skills is becoming critical to remaining operational.
Many independents have delayed electric vehicle training due to cost pressures – not just the price of the course itself but the revenues lost due to technicians being away from the business.
However, with more than two million electric vehicles sold in the UK last year and almost one in four car buyers going electric, Autotech Training has said demand across the aftermarket is only going to increase.
To overcome the real barriers of training and avoid the commercially unsustainable position of sub-contracting EV repairs or declining the work altogether, it has advocated for on-site training. Delivered directly at the workshop, the training can be tailored to the vehicles the business regularly services, including fleet cars and light commercial vehicles, making the learning immediately relevant and minimising disruption.
Less disruption
Alistair McCrindle, operations director, Autotech Training, said: “By delivering EV training onsite, technicians are learning in the environment they work in every day, using the equipment and processes they already know.
“This significantly reduces downtime and helps knowledge stick. Training multiple technicians at the same time also limits disruption, spreads cost and embeds EV capability across the business rather than relying on a single individual.”
