Safety in hybrid and electric vehicles, high demand per course that will be issued in Cerro Largo
Registration will be received until August 4 while classes, online modality, will be starting on the 14th next month.
The face-to-face instance- will take place on August 28 in the city of Melo.
“It is a product of several institutions. We have INEFOP, the Ministry of Industry, the UTEC, the business chambers and the PIT CNT. It is a project that depends on many parts because this issue and others that CEFOMER works involves many actors because they have to do with the world of work” He pointed out the Economist Nicolás Castroman.
“We work a lot in peach, but in reality when it comes to electric vehicles, we often have to change locality because there we do not have a laboratory to work on this” The project coordinator added.
To dimension the importance that the issue has, he revealed that in 2024 6,000 electric vehicles entered the Uruguayan market. “This changes the world of work” assured. “Without a doubt, it will change the way to handle in the mechanical workshop, the work space will change, the form, the security elements will change, the tasks will change” assured.
“There are people who suddenly are not all day with the car but that eventually arrives at a place and you have to know what the vehicle is about, you have to know the parts that compose it and what risks run. That is what the course is about, to address the issue risks” He stressed.
“Aid operators and ambulance drivers are people who have priority in this training because when they reach an accident they must act and will have to do it safely for themselves because first personal security is. Preventionists also because companies have fleets” said.
The course emphasizes the identification of the components of the electric vehicle and the disconnection of the high voltage system. “That is the minimum you have to learn to be sure one and be sure the vehicle too because you have to take care of it” said to THE PROFESSIONAL RADIO During the live interview this Thursday, July 24.
“You also have to demystify, it is not a complicated or dangerous vehicle” affirmed.
“In general, the battery is along the vehicle below. There are people who have made a total seat change and when they are going to drill, it also drills the battery. That is dramatic because there is the propulsion of the vehicle” He warned.
Classes in charge of a foreign technician
“In particular, this time we are going to work again with a coach from Costa Rica because it is a country that is strong in this electric vehicles together with Uruguay.” advancement.
“The National Learning Institute has a profile quite similar to UTU” commented.
“This professional is going to give a 9 -hour course where we will introduce us to all the components of the electric vehicle” Nicolás Castroman said.
It will also have a practical component that will consist of 3 hours of work in a real workshop. “We are going to do it together with the colleagues of the Santa Rosa group, importer of Renault in Uruguay, but also brings to the country other brands. They will generously give us a space in the city of Melo and another in the city of Montevideo” confirmed.
Registration must be made on the INEFOP page on the Opportays Site.INFOP where the supply menu of all kinds courses will appear. There you must specify that it is for electric and hybrid vehicles.
