New High Voltage - Electric Vehicle - Hybrid Tasks, Tools, and Equipment in ASE Standards & Training Resource List - Entry-Level Safety Focus

Oct 2, 2026

Updated ASE Accreditation Standards (2022–2023) expand high-voltage and electric-vehicle coverage by adding related tasks, tools, and equipment, with an entry-level safety emphasis. The update includes new warning guidance for lockout/tag-out and service procedures, task priorities and competency steps for hazard recognition, identification of high-voltage components, pre-service hazard assessment, and technician capability limits. It also lists approved training resources and specifies specialty testing tools, PPE, and procedures for isolating and verifying traction-battery safety. Coverage extends to collision repair and refinishing and hybrid/electric vehicle service specialty areas.

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ASE Standards Updates (2022–2023)

Training Resource List and Scope

Safety Warning and Task Priority Framework

High-Voltage/Electric-Vehicle Tasks (1-10)

Hazard Knowledge and Emergency Response

Labeling, Identification, and Lock-Out/Tag-Out

Isolation, Live-Dead-Live Testing, and Ground Circuit Verification

Specialty Tools and PPE Requirements

Insulation Tester/Multimeter and Leads

Electrical Insulating Gloves

Insulated Retrieval Hook

Collision Repair Standards Updates (2023)

Foundational Skills and Required Hybrid/Electric Safety Tasks

Mechanical & Electrical Components: Hybrid/Electric Service Tasks

Safe Disabling/Re-enabling Procedures

Materials Handling and Battery Safety Concerns

New High Voltage / Electric Vehicle / Hybrid Tasks, Tools, and Equipment in ASE Truck, Collision, and Auto Accreditation Standards & Training Resource List The ASE Accreditation Standards are updated approximately every three years to account for changes in technology, tools, and service practices. In 2022 and 2023, technical revision committees from industry and education, recognizing the growing number of high voltage systems and electric vehicles, began to add related tasks, tools, and equipment to the standards. The initial focus of these changes is to ensure that entry-level students are able to learn and work around these systems in a safe manner. This document lists those updates, and also provides a list of industry-provided training resources. That resource list is not exhaustive, and inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement by ASE or the ASE Education Foundation. M/H Truck – Tasks, Tools, and Equipment added to 2022 Medium/Heavy Truck Standards in the Electrical/Electronic Systems section A new warning has been added to the header of the task list: Comply with manufacturers’ current safety practices, documentation, and training associated with high voltage/electric vehicle lockout/tag-out and service procedures. Tasks 1-5 have a P-1 priority at all levels: IMMR, TST and MTST. 1. Demonstrate knowledge of hazards related to high voltage systems/electric vehicles, including electrocution, fire, explosion, arc flash, gases and fumes, hazardous chemicals, and EMF, and how to properly respond to emergency situations. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of high voltage system and component coloring, warning labels, lights, signage, and lock-out/tag-out procedures. 3. Demonstrate ability to identify which components and circuits contain high voltage. 4. Demonstrate knowledge of steps needed to assess possible hazards prior to servicing a high voltage/electric vehicle, including awareness of automatic systems that may operate while the key switch/ignition is off. 5. Understand limitations on which systems, components, and circuits of a high voltage/electric vehicle a technician is capable of safely servicing based on their level of training and qualification. Tasks 6-10 – IMMR: not included, TST: P-3, MTST: P-2 . 6. Demonstrate knowledge of special multimeters, insulated tools, and other test equipment required for use in high voltage/electric vehicle circuits. 7. Demonstrate knowledge of personal protective equipment (PPE) required for use in high voltage/electric vehicle circuits. 8. Demonstrate knowledge of proper procedures used to disconnect/isolate the high voltage traction battery. 9. Demonstrate knowledge of the use of a live-dead-live test to verify isolation of the high voltage traction battery. 10. Demonstrate knowledge of the testing and verification of ground circuit isolation between vehicle chassis ground and the high voltage circuits and components. The following specialty tools were added for TST and MTST programs: • Insulation Tester/Multimeter and leads (recommended)– must meet CAT III 600 volt, CAT III 1000 volt, or CAT IV 600 volt rating • Electrical Insulating Gloves (recommended)– must meet CAT 0 1000 VAC and 1500 VDC electrical safety glove rating – may have expired certification if used for demonstration only • Insulated Retrieval Hook (optional) Collision Repair – Tasks, Tools and Equipment added to the 2023 Collision Repair and Refinish Standards Foundational Skills now include Personal Standards, Work Habits/Ethics, Workplace and Personal Safety, and the following Hybrid/Electric Vehicle Safety tasks, and are 100% required for all students in all Collision Repair and Refinish programs under the updated standards. 1. Demonstrate knowledge of hazards related to high voltage systems/electric vehicles, including electrocution, fire, explosion, arc flash, gases and fumes, hazardous chemicals, and EMF, and how to properly respond to emergency situatio

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the ASE 2022–2023 updates for high-voltage and electric-vehicle content?

To help entry-level students learn and work around high-voltage systems safely by expanding standards with related tasks, tools, and equipment.

What new safety warning is added to the task list header?

Technicians must comply with manufacturers’ current safety practices, documentation, and training tied to high voltage/electric vehicle lockout/tag-out and service procedures.

Which specialty tools and PPE are highlighted in the updated training resources?

The document calls out an insulation tester/multimeter and leads with specified CAT ratings, electrical insulating gloves with safety ratings, and an optional insulated retrieval hook, along with appropriate PPE usage for high-voltage circuits.

Oct 2, 2026

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