Skills Bootcamp in Electrical Vehicle Diagnostic and Maintenance - Level 3

Start Date: 8th January 2024

Length 10 weeks
Study Short Course
Location Automotive Academy

Qualification Gained

Level 3 Electrical Vehicle Diagnostic and Maintenance

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This bootcamp will develop the core skills needed to fill the current skills gap in electric vehicle diagnostics and maintenance. It has been designed to give an understanding of full electric and hybrid vehicles and will also deliver identification of all the main components and key safety aspects when working with high voltage systems, including advanced knowledge of carrying out safety shut down procedures.

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Kevin Illingworth

Course Leader - Automotive

"I have lots of years’ experience teaching and working in the Automotive industry, working for brands like Nissan. My job gives me the chance to teach the things I am most passionate about. Teaching Automotive is interesting, rewarding and lots of fun."

Tony Neild

Lecturer - Automotive

"Automotive is an ever-changing sector that has grown faster than most other things of our time. I want to share my knowledge so I can help build a new generation of skilled, professional and diligent Technicians."

Daily tasks:

Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

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Median Salary

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Daily tasks:

Orders new supplies, arranges storage and updates stock records.
Organises delivery of parts and handles payment.
Obtains parts from store or orders from suppliers.
Receives orders for parts by phone, email or in person and checks availability on stock record.
Updates stock record, orders new vehicles from manufacturer, buys in used cars.
Carries out pre-delivery inspection and formal hand-over of vehicle to customer.
Negotiates sale price including any ‘trade-in’ and extra accessories, works out finance arrangements and completes sales paperwork.
Discusses customer.

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Median Salary

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Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians

Daily tasks:

Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

Median Salary

£25,953 View more

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Vehicle and Parts Salespersons and Advisers

Daily tasks:

Orders new supplies, arranges storage and updates stock records.
Organises delivery of parts and handles payment.
Obtains parts from store or orders from suppliers.
Receives orders for parts by phone, email or in person and checks availability on stock record.
Updates stock record, orders new vehicles from manufacturer, buys in used cars.
Carries out pre-delivery inspection and formal hand-over of vehicle to customer.
Negotiates sale price including any ‘trade-in’ and extra accessories, works out finance arrangements and completes sales paperwork.
Discusses customer.

Median Salary

£21,849 View more

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