HV Safety Training

Course 1EV Safety Awareness

Course 2EV Informed Person

Course 3High Voltage Component Handling

Course 4EV Competent Person

Course 5EV Authorised Person

Course 6EV Senior Authorised Person

Course 7EV Engineering Senior Authorised Person

Course 8Managers Introduction to EV Safety

EV Safety Awareness

Course Aim

  • To provide delegates with a basic awareness of electrical safety and specific detail associated with hybrid & electric vehicles.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Describe the most common EV variants, approximate voltages, and average electric only range of vehicles currently available.
  • Recognise the main dangers associated with Electric Vehicles
  • Understand the importance of HSE/EWR legislation.
  • Outline the main differences between the types of chargers available and the reasons behind the variation in charge lead connections.
  • Recognise the Lotus EV qualifications, Lotus EV processes and acknowledge the importance of adhering to them.

EV Informed Person

Course Aim

  • To gain the knowledge required to work safely on and around high voltage vehicles.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Explain the various levels of the Lotus EV qualifications, the authority levels, and their responsibilities within these levels.
  • Describe what a Safe systems of work document is, their contents and understand the importance of following them.
  • Outline the need for a Permit-to-work, who can issue them and who can receive them
  • Explain the reasons for a vehicle being Quarantined and what this entails
  • Outline the need for a Sanction-for-live-work, who can issue them and who can receive them
  • Recognisethe HV system status of an EV in a workshop environment.
  • Appreciate how little current is required to cause injury or death

High Voltage Component Handling

Course Aim

  • To enable safe and confident storage and movement of HV & Energy Storage components for persons involved in the Logistics of HV components & systems

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Investigate best practice regarding the handling and safe storage of HV components
  • Recognise HV components in isolation to their vehicle application, and associated warning labels
  • Prevent damage to HV Components
  • Warning signs that something is wrong with a HV Component
  • What to do if something is wrong with a HV component
  • Investigate the packaging & transport of HV components
  • Investigate the Lotus HV Quarantine & Segregation procedures

EV Competent Person

Course Aim

  • Enable Safe and confident work on a powered down Electric Vehicle whilst following a Lotus Safe System of Work.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Recognise HV system features, components, and warning labels
  • Understand fully their responsibilities within the Competent Persons role
  • Describe fully the effects of electricity on the human body
  • Recognise what an Arc-Flash is, the effects, how it is produced and how to avoid them
  • Understand the hazards associated with High Voltage Traction Batteries
  • Describe the emergency actions to be taken if electrocution happens
  • Investigate the HV bonding system and describe the operation
  • Investigate the Lotus EV Quarantine process
  • Recognise their responsibilities whilst working under a Permit to work

EV Authorised Person

Course Aim

  • To provide the delegate with the knowledge and practical skills required to power down a Lotus High Voltage vehicle, following a Safe System of Work

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the knowledge requirements of the EV Competent Person course.
  • Describe basic electrical principles
  • Recognise High Voltage components and their function
  • Describe High Voltage Safety System function & operation
  • Investigate Insulation testing of HV cabling
  • Describe HV DC Isolation monitoring
  • Investigate the principles of powering down, bonding system testing and powering up procedures including mandatory documents
  • Quarantine a HV vehicle

EV Senior Authorised Person

Course Aim

  • To provide the delegate (EVAP) with the knowledge and practical skills required to perform Live Working on a Lotus High Voltage vehicle following a Safe System of Work. Familiarisation of all mandatory documents associated with Live Working

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the knowledge requirements of the EV Authorised Person course.
  • Investigate & describe Hazards associated with Live Working
  • Carry out Live Working Safety Assessments
  • Investigate and describe EV Senior Authorised Person responsibilities
  • Define what is meant by Live Working
  • Identify the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for Live Working
  • Investigate and complete the documentation required for Live Working

EV Engineering Senior Authorised Person

Course Aim

  • To provide the delegate with the knowledge and practical skills required to produce Safe System of Work documents and procedures to perform Live Working on a Lotus High Voltage vehicle

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the knowledge requirements of the EV Senior Authorised Person course.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the additional hazards posed by engineering vehicles such as unverified software, prototype hardware, incomplete system design or implementation.
  • Understand the risks of working live on a potentially unpredictable HV system
  • Risk mitigation
  • Safe System of Work Generation to enable safe working for all persons following that process.

Managers Introduction to EV Safety

Course Aim

  • To provide the delegate with the overarching concepts of an EV Safety Framework

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Recognise the dangers of electricity and requirements for safe working
  • Investigate personal & corporate responsibilities
  • Understand the difference between Proving dead and Working Live
  • Understand Authority levels
  • Overview of Mandatory Documents
  • Understand the CP3 concept – Correct Person, Correct Paperwork, Correct Procedure

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HV Safety Training

  • Lotus Cars’ EV Safety Curriculum identifies measures the business must put in place to protect against the dangers of high voltage whilst undertaking development, testing, production and servicing of Evs
  • Training to apply consistent and intuitive safety protocols across business functions
  • Analysis to identify appropriate knowledge and learning paths
  • Enabling and combining experience and competence to comply with all appropriate safety regulations

For over 40 years, Lotus Engineering has a proud tradition of providing Lotus’ expertise and technology to clients across the industry.

With the investment in its facilities, and expert knowledge and capability in the design, development, build and testing of Battery Electric Vehicles spearheaded by our own Evija vehicle, Lotus Engineering are now able to provide a wide variety of expert applied training to automotive industry.

Lotus Engineering shall maximise its expertise and state of the art facilities to deliver quality training that is focused around the client’s requirements for a safe workplace containing High Voltage Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicles.

All our courses can be tailored to suit any job function or workshop requirements. We can also produce bespoke training and safety documentation for virtually any requirements; however, they must still be produced within the boundaries set out by the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.

We also produce company specific training and training programs which merge seamlessly with policies and procedures a company may already have in place.