Training professionals in repairing and maintaining electric vehicles in Ukraine

The purpose of the article is to analyse the market of the environmentally friendly cars in Ukraine within the training of specialists in repairing and maintaining electric vehicles in Ukraine. Taking into consideration international trends, the prospects for their use in Ukraine are very relevant. However, the speed of the adoption of legislative decisions leads to the inhibition of this process. As a result, the infrastructure is not developing in this direction. The potential buyer of an electric vehicle pushes away the purchase of an electric vehicle due to the lack of service, since it is almost impossible to find highly skilled personnel who can service and repair electric vehicles. Therefore, the issue of the personnel support within this area remains unsolved. The content of the notions “competence” and “specialist in the repair and maintenance of electric vehicles” have been determined. A specialist of the specified profile should be an expert on the scheduled maintenance of electric vehicles; be good at certification issues, diagnostics and repair of high-voltage batteries and electronic systems, maintenance of chargers, repair of hybrid installations, etc. The educational institutions where training specialists in repairing and maintaining electric vehicle is carried out have been analyzed. There are many educational institutions which provide training in the area of “Automobile Transport”; however, the training of specialists in maintaining and repairing electric vehicles has not been not carried out within this area. A great number of unsolved issues substantiate the reason for the above said: the legislative framework, material, technical and methodological support, including the issues devoted to the training of university instructors majoring in special disciplines as well as to the internship courses intended for the teachers and masters of practical training within the system of professional (vocational) education. The curriculum on the discipline “Hybrid and electric transmission of vehicles” has been elaborated and proposed. The proposed curriculum involves the mastering of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in determining the characteristics of hybrid and electric transmission of vehicles; it can serve as a professional qualification program for training specialists in the repair and maintenance of electric vehicles in Ukraine.