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What is Vortex EV Ready?

Vortex EV Ready connects role-specific training with the tools, personal protective equipment (PPE) and workplace procedures needed to put learning into practice. Designed for vehicle recyclers, the program provides a clear development pathway for everyone from office staff and yard teams to high-voltage technicians and battery specialists. Practical learning focuses on the activities people carry out, the risks they need to understand and the equipment they use. Whether your business is starting to receive electric vehicles or developing specialist dismantling capabilities, Vortex EV Ready helps you identify the training and support your team needs.

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Vortex EV Ready Competency Pathway

The framework retains four progressive competency levels, but each level is now connected directly to the customer's operational role and the equipment required to perform that role.

Level 1 - Electric Vehicle Awareness

Audience: Directors, managers, supervisors, administration, sales, drivers, yard personnel and anyone working around EVs.

Core learning and competence:

  • Electric vehicle technology and identification
  • High-voltage hazards
  • Lithium-ion battery risks
  • Safe approach and exclusion principles
  • Fire and emergency awareness
  • Individual responsibilities and escalation

Level 2 - Electric Vehicle Dismantling Technician

Audience: Operational dismantlers removing components from vehicles

Core learning and competence:

  • Vehicle assessment and receiving procedures
  • Safe working zones
  • LOTO principles and controls
  • PPE selection and inspection
  • High-voltage component identification/removal
  • Battery handling, documentation and storage
  • Practical dismantling using customer procedures

Level 3 - High Voltage Technician

Audience: Technical specialists

Core learning and competence:

  • High-voltage system operation
  • Risk and damage assessment
  • Vehicle triage
  • Isolation and verification
  • Voltage testing and safe test methodology
  • Technical decision making
  • Authorisation and supervision
  • Supporting and mentoring Level 2 technicians

Level 4 - Battery Dismantling Specialist

Audience: Specialists undertaking advanced work on high-voltage battery assemblies

Core learning and competence:

  • Battery construction and dismantling
  • Module removal and internal hazards
  • Thermal propagation
  • Battery diagnostics and reuse assessment
  • Recycling pathways
  • Packaging and transportation awareness
  • Damaged battery management
  • Fire prevention and emergency response

Get your Team EV Ready

Tell us about your operation and the work your team carries out. We’ll help you identify the appropriate training levels and discuss the equipment and support needed to put learning into practice.

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