{"id":35381,"date":"2015-06-03T16:11:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T02:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=35381"},"modified":"2021-08-26T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T00:04:36","slug":"new-hybrid-and-electric-vehicle-course-offered-for-automotive-technicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/06\/03\/new-hybrid-and-electric-vehicle-course-offered-for-automotive-technicians\/","title":{"rendered":"New hybrid and electric vehicle course offered for automotive technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/honolulu-hybrid-vehicle-maintenance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/honolulu-hybrid-vehicle-maintenance.jpg\" alt=\"hybrid vehicle\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/honolulu-hybrid-vehicle-maintenance.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/honolulu-hybrid-vehicle-maintenance-260x174.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu Community College<\/a> is the first in the state to offer non-credit courses in hybrid and electric vehicle automotive maintenance. Whether someone is a technician, a sales person, or just a car enthusiast, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> is offering the most advanced training ever offered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have developed new curriculum in hybrid and electric vehicle technology that meets the auto industry demands for highly trained technicians, especially in the emerging sector of hybrid and electric vehicle repair and maintenance,&rdquo; shares <strong>Steve Auerbach<\/strong>, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/cet\">Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning<\/a> at Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will be able to gain valuable hands on technical experience working on hybrid and electric vehicles using specialized equipment. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The course is designed to give an overview on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shop safety, proper procedures and basic maintenance for EV\/Hybrid vehicles<\/li>\n<li>Proper handling of basic hand tools and high voltage equipment<\/li>\n<li>Identification of safety equipment required in electrical systems environment<\/li>\n<li>Technical service information and vehicle maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Additional course information<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>EV<\/abbr>\/Hybrid Safety and Fundamentals, valued at $739, is being offered this summer only at a special rate of $395. Students must be 18 years old and have a valid driver&#8217;s license.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dates: June 16&#8211;July 2 (9 meetings)<\/li>\n<li>Days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday<\/li>\n<li>Time: 6&#8211;9 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These courses were developed as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doleta.gov\/taaccct\/\">Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training Grant<\/a>, better known as <a href=\"http:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/c3t\/\">C3T <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to register, call (808) 845-9296.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Billie Lueder<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> now offering non-credit courses in hybrid and electric vehicle automotive maintenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[70,455,62,850,143,71],"class_list":["post-35381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-automotive-technology","tag-c3t","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-hybrid-and-electric-vehicle","tag-trades","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35381"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147111,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35381\/revisions\/147111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}