ACDC's Premier Hybrid Class
Up Your Voltage! .... 5 Days of Hybrid Heaven
48 hours of training
Limited to 16 techs
Enrollment Form
After teaching hybrid technology in classrooms for years, I kept hearing the same request "I want an extensive hands-on class". OK! It is here. Up Your Voltage! Classes have been held since June 2006. Every one is better than the last as ACDC learns more and adds more value.
The short version: The hybrid cars pictured here (and more, Ford, Honda and Toyota brands) are yours for 5 days. Get yourself to Massachusetts and spend 5 days studying, driving, testing, scanning, scoping, servicing, and taking these hybrids apart. All I ask is that they run when you leave. Hybrids owned by ACDC
Cost: $2,699.00 ($2,848.00 with private room) Spouse Packages available at $199.00
Everything included except airfare. 4 techs per car with your own private tech/ teacher. I will be there of course helping everyone. A prior ACDC hybrid class is helpful but not required. Craig reserves the right to limit this class to those that have a sufficient level of hybrid automotive knowledge.
Location: WAYSIDE Automotive Seekonk, Mass (fly into Providence Rhode Island ..T.F. Green Airport)
Included:
All classes, meals, hotel (5 nights at a Hotel - two to a room*), transportation to and from the airport, training materials, FREE 1000 volt rubber gloves to take home, use of shop equipment, use of hybrid cars, an ACDC Master Hybrid Qualification (if you pass the written test), and ACDC hospitality.
The test at UVY! will be tougher than the one for Hybrid tech. At UYV! you will be designated a Master if you pass, but another pre test will be a prerequisite.No extra for this service.
You will receive an "ACDC Master Hybrid Technician" certificate upon completion and test of this 5 day class.
Drive, Fly, Bus, Motorcycle your way to New England. Get picked up by the ACDC staff if you fly into R.I. ACDC recommends Southwest Airlines. Settle down at the Hotel (everyone is staying there). Try to land between 4pm and 8pm on Wednesday night. Get a good nights sleep and get ready for training that is first rate, fun, and exciting. We will go where few have gone before!
What happens at Up Your Voltage? As soon as you enroll 3 books and 4 DVDs are shipped to you to study ahead of time. Your class starts as soon as you say YES to your future.
We have added an EXTRA 8 hours of training. Thursday 8am - 4:30 pm. Starting with UYV! X you now have more training as the class starts at 8 am Thursday morning. This new class is designed to help you in electrical theory, use of scopes or meters, understanding of hybrid components such as inverters, DC-DC converters, and more. This class comes with it's own workbook. It includes Vince Fichelli's book (sells for 69.00). Available on this web site.
Wednesday 9pm -10pm Welcome Reception
Thursday: 8-5 Classroom, 6—7PM dinner, Class continues 7pm —9pm. This day we cover the theory and education part of hybrid technology. If you have any gaps in your educational background, ACDC will get you up to speed.
Friday: 8AM—8PM
Get up early, eat hearty and off we go to the classroom. Class is 8—8 with lunch and dinner catered so we can get down to business. Hybrids will be available to drive during class. Craig Van Batenburg will lead the class. The class is an advanced class with case studies, but we will go over anything that is required by any student. A scan tool shoot out takes place right after lunch so bring your scan tools. Friday is geared for techs so you can get back into your bay and start right away fixing hybrids and making money.
An evening with Deb and Craig Van Batenburg later that evening at the hotel. This is a great time to get to know everyone.
Saturday: 8AM—8PM
After breakfast we are off to the site. You will spend the next two days at Wayside Garage. The shop will allow you access to lifts, tools, equipment, scanners, (this is a well equipped shop) and give you time to carefully remove the HV battery packs, inverters, HV cables, DC-DC converters, and anything else that interests you. We will test them as we go. Groups of 4 techs will each have a car to learn on. The hybrid cars will be rotated to another team of four. Lunch and dinner (Fresh Boiled Lobster) will be catered by one of our best local caterers. This is a long day but it is well worth it.
This class is a lot like boot camp. It is total immersion.
Sunday: 8:30 AM—5:30PM
After breakfast we will be back at the site for day # 3. More of "Up Your Voltage!" with hands on as the cars you learned on the day before are now bugged and you will be asked to fix no-starts and driveabilty problems. You have until lunch. The afternoon is spent solving problems that Craig had been asked about in classrooms, shops and doing tech support that need real world answers. At 5pm we put all the ACDC Hybrid cars back together and get running by 6 pm.
That evening we are off to a quaint New England town for a New England feast. Relax while eating some of the best food around.
Monday: 8AM—12PM
We will stay at the hotel where the meeting room is. We for more classroom time and a good wrap up session. There will be times when each team will present a "teachable moment". A group photo, and at noon ACDC will get you back to the airport. Your mind will now be ready for any hybrid problem that comes your way and all in just 5 days. "Up Your Voltage" will be your mantra.
Optional before class:
Relax and enjoy ACDC country on your own. Borrow an ACDC Hybrid before the class and see the country side. You are 1 hour from Boston, Cape Cod, 2 hours to NH, ME. Less than 30 minutes from the Atlantic ocean. (your only addition cost is more hotel nights and some food)
ACDC needs the cars back Wednesday at 6 pm.. This is on a "first come, first serve" basis so call ahead.
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