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MTA Delivers EV Training to Meet Local Demand and Increase Workforce Skills
After successfully delivering the first nationally accredited hybrid and battery electric vehicle training in the Northern Territory earlier this year, the MTA provided another course in August to meet local demand.
As electric vehicle technology becomes more prevalent workshops require specialist technicians to service Territory motorists. Held over three days at Charles Darwin University, the MTA Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicle Short Course equipped industry professionals with the skills to depower and reinitialise hybrid and battery electric vehicle systems.
Crash repairers, mechanics and towing operators are beginning to see these cars in their workshops for the first time and want to know how to safely service them. According to MTA Trainer Steve Richardson, the course was “very safety oriented and provided participants a good feel of the battery electric system.”
The training helped boost local workforce skills to ensure the automotive sector was responding to evolving consumer demands. For example, businesses have indicated an interest in dual trade qualifications where apprentices studying light or heavy vehicle can also complete an electric vehicle qualification.
The MTA is committed to ensuring businesses can seize the opportunities from the innovation revolution that the Northern Territory industry will soon face.
The MTA is very attuned to what the industry needs, what the skills needed today are, but also where they are going to be tomorrow. Course participants were able to get hands on and learn new information about EVs which they had previously not been exposed to.
MTA Trainer Steve Richardson speaking to the media about the MTA electric vehicle training.
