New job role for Electric Vehicle Technician

3 August 2023

VACC is working with its Motor Trade Association partners in a dialogue with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the development of a potential new automotive industry job role called Electric Vehicle Technician.

In Australia, the Federal Government classifies and codes almost all occupations, and this is what forms the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO).

Recently, VACCs national automotive body, the Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) worked with the state associations to build a new qualification for electric vehicle technicians, and this is now endorsed as a national automotive qualification. Where state training authorities have designated this as an apprenticeship pathway, a person can begin their apprenticeship training in this new role.