Abstract
The dwindling energy resources and the compliance of international climate protection goals lead to a rethink in the automobile sector. One result of this rethink is the increasing distribution of electric vehicles in the last years. This development includes a new challenge for the training sector. For example, the implementation of a high-voltage system into automobiles involves a new hazard potential for people, who work on electric vehicles. Therefore, the employees in the areas of vehicle repair trade, rescue services, towing services, and other relevant sectors need a good qualification for working on electric vehicles. On the one hand, a lot of specialized training programs have already been developed in the area of academic education. On the other hand, there is a great need of training programs for professionals (e.g. motor mechanics, firefighters). Hence, this paper clarifies the current requirements in the education sector and the new hazard potential by working on electric vehicles. Moreover, an approach for the development of a specialized training program for working on electric vehicles is presented in this paper as well. The focus of this training program is on the improvement of the learning process by a blended learning concept with an adaptive modular design.
Highlights
For a better understanding of the actual situation in Germany and for the presentation of occupational groups, which may be in contact with electric vehicle (EV), some facts will be shown in the following
The surveys were designed to help the project team to determine inter alia the willingness of future master craftsmen and other occupational groups to participate in a specialized training program and how they assess the health risk for working on EVs
A further questions clarifies that 46.03% of the pupils think that working on EVs is more complicated in comparison to working on conventional vehicles. 57.14% of the participants have the opinion that the integration of content with regard to EVs into the training programs for motor mechanics is very useful
Summary
There are many reasons for using an electric vehicle (EV). Two of the most important points are the dwindling oil reserves and the global warming. In comparison to other current training programs (see chapter 2) the project team will develop an adaptive education program for several occupational groups (OG) (motor mechanics, rescue teams, vocational school teacher etc.) For this reason, the program will have an adaptive structure with a very detailed modular design, see Figure 1. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) offers a specialized training program for emergency responders [8] This course comprises animations, simulations and some further contain in the context of different alternative fuel vehicles. The training program is a pure online course The goal of this project is to prepare the emergency responders for working on alternative vehicles. For a good educated automotive service sector (e.g. workshops) a specialized training program is required Another important distinctive point in comparison to existing training programs is that the project team will develop an adaptive training program. It is transferable to other countries worldwide as well
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