EV Training Center Supports New Hyundai Plant
Assemblers learn how to install wiring harnesses at the Hyundai Mobility Training Center in Ellabell, GA. Photo courtesy Georgia Quick Start
ELLABELL, GA—The new Hyundai Mobility Training Center here will support the automaker’s assembly plant. The 89,000-square-foot facility will teach workers how to build next-generation electric vehicles.
The state-of-the-art center is operated by the state’s workforce development program and is part of the Technical College System of Georgia. At full capacity, it will be able to train up to 824 individuals at a time.
The facility features a 5,764-square-foot multipurpose “momentum room,” six flexible classrooms, a robotics lab, a welding lab and a paint lab. It is designed to ensure that Hyundai assemblers learn the skills they need on the plant floor. Georgia Quick Start has simulated production processes in a safe, hands-on training environment.
“Quick Start’s training professionals collaborated with [us] to design and build world-class infrastructure that closely mirrors the processes trainees will encounter [in the factory],” says Tony Heo, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America.
The facility includes a STEP (Safe Transition for Efficient Production) assembly line that enables new employes to build timing, awareness and coordination skills in a controlled, digital environment. In addition, an IMPACT (Immersive Manufacturing Process and Conveyor Training) assembly line features a full-length, moving production line with 53 integrated assembly activities and a built-in quality check system that replicates real-world EV production.
Other hands-on learning will take place in a high-voltage battery and safety lab; a VR experience lab; and an automation and mechatronics lab featuring programmable logic controllers (PLCs), sensors, motion systems and industrial automation.
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