Inaugural four-day intensive program serves as a national pilot model for community college EV workforce training
July 16, 2026
BATON ROUGE – For the first time in school history Baton Rouge Community College held an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Technician course, a four-day intensive training program offered to industry professionals on the BRCC Ardendale campus from June 29-July 2.
The EVSE technician course combined classroom instruction, hands-on laboratory activities, charging station diagnostics and real-world troubleshooting exercises to prepare participants for work in the expanding EV charging sector.
Louisiana Clean Fuels and the GUMBO Grant provided support for this course, a pilot program designed to introduce the EVSE curriculum to community colleges across the country.
Taught by BRCC instructors Reed Mundy and Robert Decuir, the inaugural cohort included professionals representing fleet management, EV consulting and EV charging business operations.
Participants worked directly with EV charging equipment, EVSE training systems and industry-standard diagnostic tools while performing practical exercises involving charging station testing, grounding verification, duty-cycle measurements, insulation resistance testing, power quality analysis, control pilot waveform analysis, GFCI testing and charging station troubleshooting.
Students also explored charging communication systems and industry standards associated with EV charging infrastructure. These activities allowed participants to gain experience with equipment and testing procedures commonly encountered in the field.
Throughout the four-day program, the small-cohort format enabled individualized instruction and extensive interaction between participants and instructors.
BRCC launched the course to demonstrate how community colleges can successfully deliver high-quality EV charging infrastructure training while preparing professionals for emerging transportation technologies.
This inaugural offering established BRCC as an early leader in EV charging workforce education and demonstrated growing interest in EVSE training.
BRCC plans to continue to offer the EVSE Technician Course to expand workforce development opportunities that support Louisiana's evolving transportation and energy infrastructure needs.
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