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Electric vehicle technicians – a looming crisis

13 December 2021

Australia will need 7,300 electric vehicle (EV) technicians by 2030 – when the EV fleet is expected to climb to 1.7 million, according to the Federal Government’s Future Fuels and Vehicles Strategy.

However, a Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) research paper, Electric vehicle technicians – a looming crisis reveals Australia will only have 17.5 percent of the required number of trained technicians by the end of the decade.

Currently, there are 25,000 electric vehicles in the country, serviced and maintained by about 500 EV technicians. But, that number, if Mr Morrison is right, is set to grow, while the number of technicians – if something isn’t done – will remain the same, creating an enormous skills gap.

“Australia has eight years to increase the number of electric vehicle technicians by 1578 percent in order to meet the Federal Government target,” said VACC CEO, Geoff Gwilym. 

“The Federal Government may achieve the target of 1.7 million zero and low emission vehicles on-road by 2030, but who’s going to service those vehicles?”

Mr Gwilym says the Federal Government needs to take measures now to ensure Australia has a skilled future workforce. 

“The demand is going to come, it’s coming, it’s coming, and then all of a sudden I think it’s going to hit us hard. It takes around four years to train an apprentice and it takes about seven years for somebody to become highly proficient in the industry.”

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