The UK’s national battery manufacturing facility, the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), is to hold its first publicly available training course for anyone interested in battery manufacturing. 

The two-day long introduction to battery manufacturing course is open to technicians, managers, researchers, investors, or anyone interested in gaining practical knowledge of the growing battery sector.

Delegates will be able to listen to specialists introduce the fundamentals of the battery manufacturing process, hear about the materials required, and the technologies available. They will also be given the chance to tour the state-of-the-art facility and see the giga scale battery manufacturing equipment used in the facility.

Future training courses will include ‘Introduction to Designing Sustainable Batteries’, ‘Familiarisation of Battery Module and Pack Design’, and ‘Substance Awareness.’

Jonty Deeley-Williamson, the Head of Learning and Development at UKBIC, said: “With the transition to zero emission vehicles well underway, the need to develop a skilled workforce for the growing UK batter sector is key to unlocking a Net Zero economy. This training course – which will be the first of many - will contribute to this development. We’ve already delivered specialist training to several different organisations, so to be able to deliver our first bookable training course, is a great step for the organisation.”

Coventry-based UKBIC, which provides manufacturing scale-up facilities and skills for the battery sector, is a key part of the Faraday Battery Challenge, a UK Government programme to fast track the development of cost-effective, high-performance, durable, safe, low-weight and recyclable batteries. 

To book a place on the ‘Introduction to Battery Manufacturing’ course, which is being held on 12 and 13 March: