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Paint and Panel: The Edge


Apr 10, 2023

 

This week’s key takeaway:
The risks of EV and why proper training is so important

Episode intro:
it doesn’t take a genius to work out that EVs are going to become increasingly important to collision repairers, but are you ready for it?

EV training will become fundamental to the success/failure of body shops, so we sent editor Sam to the MTA NSW training facility to have a look around and give you an understanding of how this training works and why it is so important.

Sam spoke to Ian Price (GM of RTO & Training), Anthony Tomassetti (Continuous Development Manager) and Anthony Bonanno (EV trainer). All of them gave a great insight into how EV training could work for your business.

In this week’s episode you will learn:
-How to train people on EVs safely
-The urgency of adoption of EVs
-Why batteries may be damaged in a paint booth
-De-powering of vehicles
-The different EV courses you can do
-The new equipment you might need to service EVs
-What the EV1 course entails
-How simulators can help
-Funding for employers to upskill their staff

Show links:

**Anthony Bonnano demonstrates the training equipment and how to depower an EV https://youtu.be/eE4DO5r1fnI

** MTA NSW website: https://www.mtansw.com.au/
** Anthony Tomassetti on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-tomassetti-a81148144/?originalSubdomain=au
** Anthony Bonanno on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-bonanno-056464141/?originalSubdomain=au
** Paint & Panel Body Shop Awards, Nov 17th in Queensland, nominations open in May
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