TECMEHV-Training & development of European competences on maintenance of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

The growing up diffusion of the electrically propelled vehicles brings the problem of the establishment of an appropriate infrastructure network and of adequate technical assistance support for their maintenance and repair, over their cycle life. A specific professional formation is a requisite for all people acting in these new technology field. The Project TECMEHV, initiated in October 2011, in the frame of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo da Vinci is addressing these needs. The objective of TECMEHV is to create a professional Qualification for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles maintenance and technical assistance, to be accredited to the operators acting in this field. The method to reach this goal is the establishment of a Competence Framework according to the intended EC Vocational and Educational Training. Units of Competence have been identified on the basis of the State of Art of the electric vehicle technology on the key technology topics: Powertrain, Energy Storage, Charge, Energy Management & Communication and Peripherals. Units of Competence for the operational activities have been defined as: Diagnosis & Verification, Planning for intervention, Battery Pack refurbishing and Safety. An e-learning platform and relevant supporting on-line materials in several languages is being developed. A web based Learning Management System will be set up, to host online multilingual training modules based on the Social Constructionist Pedagogical Model, which are planned to be validated in pilot testing in the different Countries by expert groups formed by industrial and academic representatives. The project activity is coordinated by ASCAMM Technology Centre and performed by a consortium comprising five partners and two associated partners from five European Countries.