IMI Level 2 The Hazard Management of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

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Our Virtual Academy presents The Hazard Management of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Whether you’re a roadside recovery operator, a vehicle storage agent, a member of the emergency services or a technician working alongside electric vehicles, this course is for you. Over two and a half years in the making, it’s designed to give you the knowledge you’ll need to make informed judgements when managing risk associated with incidents involving the new technologies found in high-voltage vehicles.

The Hazard Management of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles is an online training package consisting of:

Around 9 hours of interactive video content
Access to content for 3 months
Three methods of assessment are available
Four levels of certification – you choose
Access to the file vault containing several handy reference documents
We believe this is the most comprehensive suite of knowledge available

Topics Covered in the Training

Health conditions and working on hybrid and electric vehicles
Introduction to hybrid technology
Hybrid vehicle safety – Ready mode
EV – Ready mode
Charging plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles
Micro and mild hybrid
An introduction into hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
The ECE R100 standard
Dynamic risk assessments
Identifying hybrid and electric vehicles
Other types of high voltage vehicles – Scooters, Motorcycles, Commercial Vehicles, Plant, Buses and Coaches.
High voltage circuits on high-voltage vehicles
What is electrocution?

How vehicle manufacturers mitigate the risks of electrocution
Insulation
Isolation monitoring circuits
Overcurrent protection
Equipotential bonding
Isolation monitoring
Interlock circuits (pilot lines)
Crash detection
Galvanic isolation
How you can mitigate risk
Isolating high-voltage components
Measuring high voltage safely
Incidents involving high voltage vehicles when they’re on charge
When water and high voltage mix

Immobilizing a high-voltage vehicle
Fire and high-voltage vehicles
Extinguishing lithium-ion battery fires
Lithium-ion battery fires and the production of harmful gasses
Extinguishing fires and avoiding electrocution
High-voltage battery electrolytes
Managing people at the scene of an incident – yourself
Managing people at the scene of an incident – others
Recovering high-voltage vehicles
Storing damaged high-voltage vehicles
Maintaining the batteries of high-voltage vehicles when in storage
Battery disposal
Additional sources of information

Health Conditions and Working on Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Intro to Hazard Management of Hybrid at an accident

Dynamic-Risk-Assessment Incident Manager

What happens when water and high voltage vehicles mix

Fire Personnel at the scene of a car accident

Maintaining the batteries of high voltage vehicles

Certification Options

The Hazard Management of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles is an important subject for many businesses and their staff. However, not all qualifications will fit your business needs. With this in mind, Our Vitual Academy has created a variety of different certificate options to help your staff get the right level of certificate they need in the most convenient way for you and your business.

All certificate options will assist the employer in complying with the “Technical Knowledge” requirements of Regulation 16 of The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 – Regulation 16 – “No person shall be engaged in any work activity where technical knowledge or experience is necessary to prevent danger or, where appropriate, injury, unless he possesses such knowledge or experience, or is under such degree of supervision as may be appropriate having regard to the nature of the work.”

Type of Course	Type of Certificate	What training material is included?	Learning Hours	Method of assessment	Access Period	Price Per Learner (+VAT)
Our Virtual Academy	Our Virtual Academy Certificate	All 43 chapters	9 hours	Online multi-choice exam	3 Months	£199
IMI Professional Development Certificate	IMI Professional Development Certificate	All 43 chapters	9 hours	Online multi-choice exam overseen by your manager (if the learner has one, if not, a responsible colleague is acceptable)	3 Months	£299
IMI TechSafe CPD	IMI TechSafe CPD Qualifying (9 hours CPD).	All 43 chapters	9 hours / 9 Credits	Online multi-choice exam overseen by your manager (if the learner has one, if not, a responsible colleague is acceptable)	3 Months	£299
IMI Level 2 Award	IMI Level 2 Award in Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Hazard Management for Emergency and Recovery Personnel – OFQUAL I.D 60314679	All 43 chapters	13 Guided Learning Hours – Total Qualification Time 15 Hours	Assessed Face-to-Face – Oral Exam & Online exam	12 Months	£449

IMI Level 2 Award in Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Hazard Management for Emergency and Recovery Personnel – OFQUAL I.D 60314679

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This award is designed for those people who may encounter accident-damaged or broken-down vehicles, e.g. emergency services and roadside recovery operators. It contains the knowledge required to work safely around a vehicle’s high & low-voltage electrical system and electric drive train system.

The training is delivered using Our Virtual Academy’s cutting-edge interactive video content including an OVA online exam. Once the learner has completed the training and passed the end test, they will be eligible to attend a face-to-face assessment day at one of our regional assessment centres.

There are no prerequisites for this single-unit qualification.

IMI TechSafe Hybrid & EV CPD

This 100% online training course is formally recognised IMI TechSafe Hybrid & EV CPD (9 credits worth).

This course covers an essential topic practically everyone working in the motor industry should be well up to speed on – “The Hazard Management of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles”.

Successful candidates will receive a hard copy IMI TechSafe certificate and your TechSafe qualifying CPD will be automatically logged on IMI’s Professional Register.

Retaining IMI TechSafe recognition

A vital part of retaining TechSafe recognition on IMI’s professional register is to keep up to date with your knowledge, skills and competency. This is why IMI-approved TechSafe CPD is a requirement to retain IMI TechSafe recognition.

The 3-year CPD cycle for IMI TechSafe started on the 1st of April 2022. To retain TechSafe recognition you need to complete 18 credits (18 hours) worth of learning over a 3-year period.

IMI Professional Development Certificate

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This IMI Accredited Professional Development Certificate training course is designed to provide personnel, who may experience incidents involving hybrid and electric vehicles, with sufficient knowledge to manage the potential hazards.

This course can be completed in one go or through multiple logins throughout the three-month access period. All of the training is conducted online through watching our interactive video-based chapters and once completed, all of the training material can be revisited multiple times too. The end test will need to be overseen by a manager and a ‘Manager Invigilation Form’ will need to be submitted back to us to claim the IMI Accredited Professional Development Certificate from the awarding body.

Our Virtual Academy Certificate

Following in Our Virtual Academy’s tradition of providing high-quality cost-effective training, this OVA certificate is designed for individuals that want their staff to have the knowledge of The Hazard Management of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, however, do not require an IMI-branded certificate.

The same great knowledge at a price which suits your budget.

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