Collision Repair Training Schedule
collision repair training program
Supercharge your EV understanding, learn important business improvement strategies and fast-track your advanced collision repair skills in this exclusive Collision Repair Training Program, featuring international experts Dirk Fuchs and Robert Snook.
All one hour sessions in this program are free to registered Expo attendees. There is one 4 hour Electric Vehicle/Hybrid Awareness course which requires registration and payment. This session is running on Wednesday 10th April, a day before the official opening of the Expo.
WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL 2024
- WED APRIL 10TH
- 12pm – 4pm
- 195*
Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Awareness
Session Topic:
This fantastic course is a great overview of EV systems and safety and is designed for technicians and anyone else involved in EVs as part of their work. Learning outcomes include how to identify different types of EVs, EV system principles, the hazards surrounding high voltage electrical systems, and how to safely work around these vehicles.
*This is a special in-depth 4 hour paid session, priced at $195. Price includes catering. Purchase when registering for the Expo.
THURSDAY 11TH APRIL 2024
- THURS APRIL 11TH
- 12pm - 1pm
- FREE
Solving The People Puzzle - Attracting, Recruiting, Developing & Retaining A Team Fit For The Future
SESSION TOPIC:
Why do we struggle to recruit staff and bemoan a shortage of people, when there has never been more people on the planet? How have the winners become talent magnets, while others just have “bloody staff”? The key is to build a team, instead of just filling a vacancy. Learn highly relevant, transferable, people insights and ideas that you can take away and implement immediately to start solving the people puzzle in your business.
- THURS APRIL 11TH
- 1pm – 2pm
- FREE
EV Battery Handling & Service In Collision Repair
SESSION TOPIC:
Using real-world examples, you will learn how to diagnose a high-voltage battery and perform a formal risk assessment after receiving a crashed EV. Understand battery-management system data (BMS), including thermal management, cell balancing, battery maintenance, and how to jump start high-voltage batteries in non-plug-in hybrids. Learn the importance of battery enclosures and coolant testing to prevent battery failures, and the best early warning methods to protect workshops.
- THURS APRIL 11TH
- 2:30pm – 3:30pm
- FREE
Static ADAS Calibrations, Challenges and Pitfalls
SESSION TOPIC:
Learn the challenges of bringing static ADAS calibrations in-house, discover common pitfalls when performing static ADAS calibrations, and learn how I-CAR U.S is trying to help shops overcome these challenges and avoid these pitfalls.
FRIDAY 12TH APRIL 2024
- FRI APRIL 12TH
- 11:00pm – 12:00pm
- FREE
Solving The People Puzzle - Attracting, Recruiting, Developing & Retaining A Team Fit For The Future
SESSION TOPIC:
Why do we struggle to recruit staff and bemoan a shortage of people, when there has never been more people on the planet? How have the winners become talent magnets, while others just have “bloody staff”? The key is to build a team, instead of just filling a vacancy. Learn highly relevant, transferable, people insights and ideas that you can take away and implement immediately to start solving the people puzzle in your business.
- FRI APRIL 12TH
- 2:00pm – 3:00pm
- FREE
EV System Repair & Component Replacement
SESSION TOPIC:
Stay safe during the repair process of compromised vehicles by learning how high voltage systems work. You will gain an understanding of what to know and what necessary measurements have to be performed when replacing high voltage components. The difference between EV and ICE vehicle AC systems, how to perform Insulation tests and equipotential bonding will also be explored.
- FRIDAY APRIL 12TH
- 3:00pm – 4:00 pm
- FREE
Open Your Business Revenue Stream And Step Off the Hamster Wheel
SESSION TOPIC:
Why do businesses with the same resources operating in the same areas produce vastly different results? What is it that the winners do that the others don’t do – and what have the winners stopped doing, that the others still do? Packed full of Aha! moments and takeaways, learn how to step off that hamster wheel and leave those “Uh oh” moments behind, so you can enjoy more time, more money and less stress too.
SATURDAY 13TH APRIL 2024
- SAT APRIL 13TH
- 10:00am – 11:00am
- FREE
Prepare Your Workshop For Electrification
SESSION TOPIC:
Fast track your preparations for your workshop to safely and efficiently repair electric and hybrid vehicles. Receive best practice recommendations for workshop layout, required space, vehicle isolation areas and specialist tooling. Learn how thermal runaways can be detected early and counter measures.
- SAT APRIL 13TH
- 11:00am – 12:00pm
- FREE
measuring, anchoring and pulling
SESSION TOPIC:
Today’s steel vehicles are made of multiple strength materials, some are repairable but many are not. Learn how 3D measuring is critical in understanding structural deviation and how proper anchoring is necessary to avoid creating additional damage and focusing pulling forces. Many times, we are pulling to replace instead of pulling to repair.
- SAT APRIL 13TH
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm
- FREE
Open Your Business Revenue Stream And Step Off the Hamster Wheel
SESSION TOPIC:
Why do businesses with the same resources operating in the same areas produce vastly different results? What is it that the winners do that the others don’t do – and what have the winners stopped doing, that the others still do? Packed full of Aha! moments and takeaways, learn how to step off that hamster wheel and leave those “Uh oh” moments behind, so you can enjoy more time, more money and less stress too.
