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Developing Skilled Electric School Bus Technicians: Community Colleges Refine Curriculum and Training Across California

Posted by Jill Chan 
· March 23, 2023 

As electric buses become more common in California, the need for skilled technicians who can maintain and repair these vehicles is also increasing.

This spring, community college faculty have been busy refining ATL’s electric school bus curriculum so they can bring it to school district technicians across the state.

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) and Electric Vehicle Charging Systems is the newest course developed by the ATL project team. This past month, 37 instructors from 18 community colleges attended an intensive faculty training session to provide feedback to the team. This is a critical part of the curriculum development process, as even slight adjustments to the course content can have a positive impact on how the course is received by future participants. Read More →

Categories : CEC, CEC News, Electric School Bus

California’s Push to Train Electric School Bus Technicians: Comprehensive Courses and No-Cost Training Offered Statewide

Posted by Jill Chan 
· March 23, 2023 
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Vacaville Unified School District Technicians at High Voltage Familiarization Training

The ATL project team is making significant strides towards developing additional electric school bus courses and training electric school bus technicians across California.

The team is working to create comprehensive training courses that cover all aspects of electric bus technology, from battery management to charging infrastructure. Read More →

Categories : CEC, CEC News, Electric School Bus

Live Informational Webinar! Electric School Bus Technician Training

Posted by Jill Chan 
· March 8, 2023 

Free Training!

Monday, March 27, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkd-6tqTwqHdZUnBFU-GPDLeuDn9pOI-M5

Did you know free training is available for electric school bus fleet technicians and bus operators?

ATL, in partnership with the California Energy Commission, has developed series of training courses especially for electric school bus technicians and operators.

In-person and online modalities at NO COST!

Training Courses include:

• High Voltage Familiarization

• Heavy Duty Electrical 1 – Electrical principles, circuits & testing

• Heavy Duty Electrical 2 – Batteries, electronic control systems &

sensor technology

• Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment and Electric Vehicle Charging Systems

• CAN Bus System (In development)

• Bus Operator Familiarization (In development)

Attend this informational webinar to learn how your district can participate!

 

Categories : CEC, CEC News, Electric School Bus

Students and Teachers Share Impacts of New ZEV Curriculum with Energy Commission

Posted by Jill Chan 
· March 1, 2023 

California Energy Commission (CEC) staff recently visited eight high schools to present each with an award for their implementation of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) curriculum on campus. The schools received funding from the CEC to purchase Switch Electric Vehicle Kits and curriculum to bring awareness of the clean fuels industry to students exploring career options.

“One of the key initiatives we have at the CEC with respect to clean transportation is to introduce and establish zero-emission vehicle programs through high school automotive programs,” said Larry Rillera, staff at the CEC. “One of the visions is not just to provide technologies career pathways into these jobs in clean transportation, but to orient students to the opportunities for a sustainable future.”

Desert Mirage High School Automotive Program, Thermal, CA

During the visits, students and faculty shared how the ZEV curriculum has made an impact on their campuses.

“We have benefitted from this grant tremendously,” said Jesse Munoz, automotive teacher with North Orange County ROP at Sunny Hills High School. “Our goal is to make a workforce that is comfortable working on electric vehicles. It is something that is constantly changing, it is technology that is evolving, and if we can have students that have some basis in this, it’s going to set them up for a better footing for their futures.”

Students showed the progress they’ve made on building their Switch EVs. Some classes have already completed it, while others are still learning important concepts that can more easily be taught through this hands-on electric vehicle build.

“It’s so hard to teach the students electrical, and this way having them working on a car with wire diagrams, the kids learn so much that I just couldn’t teach them on a bench,” said Christopher Gardner, automotive instructor at Loara High School.

Many students recognize that learning these technical skills while still in high school will prepare them for a future in clean fuels after they graduate.

“This year we are learning how to build high voltage vehicles and how much voltage you need, how they work and what can make them break down,” said a student at Buena Park High School. “This will help us to be prepared in the future when it comes to working outside of high school.”

While learning the foundations of electricity is critical when it comes to working on EVs, many teachers have recognized that by working in groups on the project, students are also developing important life skills.

“Our advanced students are taking advantage and benefiting from learning to build an all-electric car,” said Spencer Mendoza, automotive instructor at Buena Park High School. “They are also learning to organize, one of the skills they will use for life.”

Rillera and Advanced Transportation and Logistics (ATL) staff visited the following schools:

  • Katella High School
  • Loara High School
  • Buena Park High School
  • Sunny Hills High School
  • Desert Mirage High School
  • Montclair High School
  • Chaffey High School
  • Baldy View ROP at Etiwanda High School

Watch the videos here.

Categories : CEC News, High School PCOP

Community of Practice – ATL Webinar #3

Posted by Jill Chan 
· May 27, 2020 

Best Practices for Teaching Heavy Duty Vehicles During Campus Closures

On May 22, ATL hosted a special Heavy Duty Vehicles Webinar which focused on best practices for delivering heavy-duty vehicle training during this time of campus closures. Our faculty panel from across the state discussed the transition to online teaching and options for dealing with lab-based instruction.

Questions addressed were:

  • What resources are being used to help with the transition to remote instruction?
  • How are campuses delivering lab-based instruction?
  • What is still needed to deliver high-quality learning experiences for students?

Webinar Held Friday, May 22, 2020

Links from Chat During the Webinar

From Jesse Kosten – SRJC Diesel Equipment Technology to Everyone: 11:07 AM
Most CDX task sheets are fillable online now

From Me to Everyone: 11:14 AM
YouTube links? Post them here and we’ll send them around. If they’re examples of what-not-to-do, please say so with the link!!

From Jaime Gonzalez to Everyone: 11:14 AM
https://quickserve.cummins.com/info/index.html

https://www.cummins.com/parts-and-service/digital-products-and-services/insite

From Jaime Gonzalez to Everyone: 11:16 AM
This is Cummins training. I have attended training for Cummins and these are great Web Based Training resources

From Daniel Willkie to Everyone: 11:16 AM
Do you teach synchronous or Asynchronous course

From Jesse Kosten – SRJC Diesel Equipment Technology to Everyone: 11:18 AM
Google voice is great. I have used it for years and have my office number forwarded to it.

From Jaime Gonzalez to Everyone: 11:19 AM
https://support.google.com/voice/answer/115061?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=enhttps://support.google.com/voice/answer/115061?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

You can forward multiple numbers to google voice

From Daniel Willkie to Everyone: 11:20 AM
Most of our students are tactile learners

From Daniel Willkie to Everyone: 11:25 AM
CDX doesn’t integrate easily to CANVAS

From Sergio Hernandez to Everyone: 11:25 AM
BMP and PNG are the best for images on Canvas.

From JOam Bergstrom Smith to Everyone: 11:26 AM
how do you substitute or accommodate for the actual hands on?

From Dave Brown to Everyone: 11:26 AM
I love the Discussion function on Canvas. I require students to review and comment on others’ responses, as well.

From Jesse Kosten – SRJC Diesel Equipment Technology to Everyone: 11:26 AM
Hopefully for Fall CDX HD will be updated. The Auto side works well with Canvas.

From Daniel Willkie to Everyone: 11:28 AM
It was supposed to be done by now
Our biggest problem the auto service industry is gigantic compared to the commercial diesel industry

From Mark DeHart to Everyone: 11:29 AM
@JOam Bergstrom Smith it is very hard to substitute for hands-on but I have, at times, had my students take videos with their phones and upload them to Canvas

From Daniel Willkie to Everyone: 11:31 AM
Jon, would you please send the slides to the group for reference, ill share them with my adjunct faculty

From Mark DeHart to Everyone: 11:34 AM
@Dave Brown, I too love the discussion function on Canvas. You can set it to where students have to comment before they can comment on other students posts

From Sergio Hernandez to Everyone: 11:34 AM
How do you handle it when students have difficulties with the ISP, are not tech aware or the computer/ iPad has issues that we as instructors can’t help them?

From Dave Brown to Everyone: 11:36 AM
@Mark DeHart, Exactly! One of the best little features. The upside of this crisis is I will continue to use a lot of these features even after a return to whatever the new normal will be.

From Mark DeHart to Everyone: 11:36 AM
@Sergio, Hartnell has IT that holds “Office hours” for these students. This doesn’t help for the “right not situation” but it helps for the upcoming weekly meetings.

From John Taylor to Everyone: 11:39 AM
As for using tools and working on various vehicle systems, our students always wear gloves during their labs. So why do we need to worry about the shared tools and disinfecting the tools and parts? If they break a glove, get a new one and clean whatever they touched. We can’t or shouldn’t use chlorine for a disinfectant with our steel parts. Amonium is an approved CDC disinfectant.

From John Taylor to Everyone: 11:39 AM
As for using tools and working on various vehicle systems, our students always wear gloves during their labs. So why do we need to worry about the shared tools and disinfecting the tools and parts? If they break a glove, get a new one and clean whatever they touched. We can’t or shouldn’t use chlorine for a disinfectant with our steel parts. Amonium is an approved CDC disinfectant.

From Dave Brown to Everyone: 11:40 AM
Great Job Mr. DeHart and Mr. Rubio!

From Mark DeHart to Everyone: 11:40 AM
my email is mdehart@hartnell.edu for everyone

From Katie Mishler to Everyone: 11:42 AM
@John gloves can be tricky, because as they touch various things through the shop/class they are cross-contaminating everything they touch. IF they touch their stuff or their face, gloves are really useless, unless they change them constantly and are aware of what they touch

From Daniel Willkie to Everyone: 11:42 AM
That’s assuming they have base line skills before class starts

From Mariano Rubio to Everyone: 11:43 AM
If you have any questions: mrubio@citruscollege.edu

From Gene Choe to Everyone: 11:45 AM
Has anyone found a good online program for demonstrating Voltage drop? I used to have a Caterpillar program on Laserdisc, but the player is broken. It had a circuit, and showed a virtual DMM and the students had to set the DMM and choose where to place the probes.

From Gene Choe to Everyone: 11:45 AM
Has anyone found a good online program for demonstrating Voltage drop? I used to have a Caterpillar program on Laserdisc, but the player is broken. It had a circuit, and showed a virtual DMM and the students had to set the DMM and choose where to place the probes.

From Dave Brown to Everyone: 11:48 AM
https://www.itp-training.com/

From John Taylor to Everyone: 11:48 AM
Electude has a set on lead placement for testing with meters, played with it a few years ago. It was “K”

From Dave Brown to Everyone: 11:49 AM
Excellent wiring diagram simulator with available voltage and voltage drop exercises and bugs.
https://www.itp-training.com/

From Gene Choe to Everyone: 11:49 AM
Great, thank you.

Dave Brown to Everyone: 11:49 AM
It only has a couple circuits, but multiple bugs for each one.

From Mariano Rubio to Everyone: 11:54 AM
Good point Dan. We have to think of access to technology.

From Mark DeHart to Everyone: 11:55 AM
Hartnell College opened the parking garage for students to park and use the WIFI. This has seem to help

From priscilla englert to Everyone: 11:58 AM
@genechoe voltage drop can be done on circuit simulators too. Check out https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics

Categories : Faculty, Webinar

Community of Practice – ATL Webinar #2

Posted by Jill Chan 
· May 18, 2020 

Best Practices for Teaching Aviation During Campus Closures

On Friday, May 15, ATL held the first Aviation Webinar focusing on best practices for teaching aviation and aeronautics classes during this time of campus closures. Our faculty panel discussed the transition to online teaching and options for dealing with lab-based instruction.
 
These questions were addressed:
  • What resources are being used to help with the transition to remote instruction?
  • How are campuses delivering lab-based instruction?
  • What is still needed to deliver high-quality learning experiences for students?

Webinar Held Friday, May 15, 2020

 

Links from Chat During the Webinar

From Pamela Gutman to Everyone: 01:46 PM
Next Thursday: ATEC is offering a webinar on “Best Practices: Facilitating Lab Work During COVID-19.” For more information and registration, contact Crystal Maguire: crystal.maguire@atec-amt.org

From Tom Burg – Sac City Aviation to Everyone: 01:47 PM
You would have to use the FSIMS 8900 guidance for approval of online in a standard program. That computer access specified can only be overcome by issuing student computer hardware and having a dedicated network.

From Rob Newman to Everyone: 01:47 PM
Is this session purely focused on aviation maintenance programs? Will there be any portion devoted to pilot training programs?

From Don Woods to Everyone: 01:48 PM
Part 91 pilot training. Any suggestions?

From Sherrean Carr to Everyone: 01:48 PM
yes Gavilan 147

From Tom Burg – Sac City Aviation to Everyone: 01:53 PM
Flight Training Link: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/may/13/colleges-collaborate-on-return-to-flight-training?utm_source=ft&utm_medium=email
Good protocol. Can we make those kinds of terms as syllabus conditions?

From Robert Pettyjohn to Everyone: 01:59 PM
Probably HIPPA considerations as well

From Melissa McPeters to Everyone: 02:03 PM
Maybe a school nurse or RN student nearing graduation can take the temperatures each morning.

From Jack Little to Everyone: 02:04 PM
Chaffey faculty have proposed the same concept for the fall semester. We have a large lab environment that would promote social distancing, therefore holding lectures in the lab, temperature monitoring, regular cleaning/disinfecting throughout the day, etc.

From David Casillas to Everyone: 02:06 PM
Link to a story on an A&P school that opened up again with social distancing.
https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/local/2020/05/12/hands-education-resumes-tstc-but-under-new-rules/3114746001/

From Jaime Gonzalez to Everyone: 02:08 PM
The ATL team is open to suggestions for future webinars that focus on specific areas of aviation, such as pilot training programs

From Tom Burg – Sac City Aviation to Everyone: 02:25 PM
Question: Our FAA emergency TCO deviation specifically states that the deviation is not an authorization to start any new entrants into the program. Is that the same as what is coming from the FSDO’s?

Categories : Faculty, Webinar

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