The car's already in your lot. Work on it safely.
For auto body & collision shops · ASE EV2 · NFPA 70E
Every EV that comes in on a hook stops at the same place: nobody on your floor can de-energize the pack. So you wait on a mobile tech, tow it to a dealer, or decline the file — and eat the cycle time either way.
Two days puts high-voltage disable, inspection, and documentation on your own floor.
THE PROBLEM
this one you can already price
Count what the sublet actually costs you.
Unlike your mechanical counterparts, you don't have to project future volume. This is happening on cars sitting in your shop right now.
The math on a single EV:
$_______ Sublet or mobile HV tech fee
#_______ Days of added cycle time waiting on availability
$_______ Rental / loss-of-use exposure across those days
#_______ Storage days on a vehicle you can't work
#_______ EVs declined outright, last 12 months
$_______ Average gross per EV you declined
Multiply the bottom two rows. That's the number that pays for this class several times over — and it's a number you already have in your management system.
Cycle time is the whole game. DRP scorecards, insurer relationships, and rental exposure all run on it. An EV that sits four extra days waiting on a subcontractor damages a metric you're actively measured on.
WHAT CHANGES ON YOUR FLOOR
Three capabilities. Three revenue lines.
High-voltage disable, in-house, to OEM procedure De-energize, verify isolation, document, and release the vehicle to your technicians — on your schedule, not a subcontractor's. Revenue effect: Kills the sublet fee outright and removes the largest single source of EV cycle-time drag.
Post-collision battery inspection and damage triage Structural assessment of the pack and enclosure, isolation testing, thermal-event risk evaluation, and the judgment call on whether a vehicle is repairable at all. Revenue effect: Legitimate, documentable line items on the estimate — inspection, testing, and the records that support a supplement instead of getting it denied.
Safe handling, quarantine, and storage of damaged packs Movement protocol, isolation distance, monitoring, and storage requirements for a compromised battery. Revenue effect: This is the gate on insurer and OEM EV program eligibility. Clear it and the severity work your competitors decline routes to you instead.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY LEARN
Day 1 — Make it safe
High-voltage architecture across manufacturers, with emphasis on structural pack integration
What a collision does to a pack that looks undamaged from the outside
Hazard recognition: thermal runaway indicators, stranded energy, delayed-onset events
PPE selection, inspection, and care
Lockout/tagout and disable procedure for a collision environment
Isolation verification performed hands-on, live-dead-live
First-response and quarantine protocol for a suspect pack
Written HV safety policy adoptable as shop procedure
Day 2 — Make it billable
OEM disable procedures and where to find them per make
Post-collision pack inspection methodology
Isolation and insulation resistance testing
Damage documentation: what an insurer needs to see and how to photograph it
Repairable vs. total loss indicators and how to defend the call
Storage, monitoring, and transport of damaged batteries
Blueprinting EV files: capturing HV operations in the estimate from the start
Working alongside — and around — a de-energized pack during structural repair
You leave with
ASE EV2 — xEV Technician Electrical Safety, Level 2 (test voucher included, $59 value)
NFPA 70E (2024) preparation — $55 payable to OSHA
Written disable, inspection, and quarantine procedures
Your EV Launch Advisory session
THE ADVISORY
what makes this more than a class
Getting certified is step one. Getting on the list is the point.
Insurers and OEMs are building EV-capable shop networks right now. The shops that land on those lists aren't necessarily the best ones — they're the ones with documented procedure, verified credentials, and a facility that can prove it handles a damaged pack correctly.
Your launch advisory covers:
Facility and storage readiness. Quarantine area, isolation distance, monitoring, and what your insurance carrier and AHJ will want to see.
Tooling and PPE spec. The short list, in purchase order, at a real spend number.
Documentation systems. Inspection forms, disable records, and photo protocol that survive a supplement review.
Estimating and labor ops. Building HV operations into your estimating platform so the work is captured at blueprint, not discovered at delivery.
Insurer and OEM program positioning. What each network is actually asking for and how your credentials map to it.
Referral network. How to position with the tow operators, mechanical shops, and agents who decide where an EV goes first.
Every day that EV sits is a day you're paying for.
REGISTER FOR THE NEXT CLASS Or book a readiness call — bring one recent EV file and we'll walk the cost of it with you.
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