This week's key takeaway: The risks of EV and why proper training is so important Episode intro: it doesn't take a genius to work out that EVs are going to become increasingly important to collision repairers, but are you ready for it? EV training will become fundamental to the success/failure of body shops, so we sent editor Sam to the MTA NSW training facility to have a look around and give you an understanding of how this training works and why it is so important. Sam spoke to Ian Price (GM of RTO & Training), Anthony Tomassetti (Continuous Development Manager) and Anthony Bonanno (EV trainer). All of them gave a great insight into how EV training could work for your business. In this week's episode you will learn: -How to train people on EVs safely -The urgency of adoption of EVs -Why batteries may be damaged in a paint booth -De-powering of vehicles -The different EV courses you can do -The new equipment you might need to service EVs -What the EV1 course entails -How simulators can help -Funding for employers to upskill their staff Show links:

**Anthony Bonnano demonstrates the training equipment and how to depower an EV https://youtu.be/eE4DO5r1fnI

** MTA NSW website: https://www.mtansw.com.au/ ** Anthony Tomassetti on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-tomassetti-a81148144/?originalSubdomain=au ** Anthony Bonanno on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-bonanno-056464141/?originalSubdomain=au ** Paint & Panel Body Shop Awards, Nov 17th in Queensland, nominations open in May ** Do you have something unique you want to share with us? Contact Paint & Panel editor Sam Street at: [email protected] ** Go to www.paintandpanel.com.au to sign up for our weekly E-newsletter ** Go to www.paintandpanel.com.au/podcast to catch up on past shows and access show notes from every episode.