Description
Safety in electrical work SFS 6002 – Electric Vehicles and Machinery
The content of our new SFS 6002 Safety in Electrical Work in the Automotive Industry training course has been updated and is now more wide-ranging than ever.
Technology has developed extremely rapidly in the automotive sector in recent years. To meet the challenges this development presents, we have published a revised online training course for professionals who maintain and repair electric vehicles and machinery.
The course content is based on the SFS 6002:2025 electrical work safety standard, which meets the requirements of Electrical Safety Act 1135/2016 for training on safety in electrical work in the automotive industry.
The Finnish national electrical work safety standard SFS 6002:2025 is based on European standard EN 50110-1:2023. The vehicle and battery repair-specific requirements and instructions can be found in Annex U and Annex T.
The high-quality educational content is provided by Finland’s most renowned and internationally respected electrical safety expert in the field of electric vehicles, Vesa Linja-aho, MSc (Eng). Vesa is chair of the Finnish SFS 6002 standardisation working group (SK 78) and a member of the international IEC PC 128 WG 2 electrical safety group.
According to the SFS 6002:2025 Safety in Electrical Work in the Automotive Industry standard, everyone whose work involves maintaining, repairing and dismantling electric and hybrid vehicles must receive training on safety in electrical work in the automotive industry. This covers:
• mechanics
• vehicle damage engineers
• workers in car dismantling companies
• foremen
• workshop supervisors
• those in technical expert positions.
The course is also ideal for automotive industry students.
The SFS6002 Safety in Electrical Work in the Automotive Industry Certificate
Those who complete the course receive the EM Mechanic SFS6002 Safety in Electrical Work Card.
Information on those who have completed the course can be found at Verkkokoulurekisteri.com
The training is valid for five years in accordance with the SFS 6002 standard.
