This LNG Vehicle Instructor curriculum prepares technicians to safely understand, operate, diagnose, and support LNG vehicle systems and fleet operations.

• Fuel and alternative-fuel fundamentals: Explain gaseous-fuel sources and processing; assess fossil-fuel environmental and economic effects; compare alternative fuels and their tradeoffs.
• LNG science and properties: Apply pressure, temperature, density, volume, and energy concepts; describe methane’s chemical and physical properties.
• Engines and combustion: Explain four-stroke and diesel cycles, gaseous-fuel combustion, lean-burn operation, and air-fuel ratio control for power, emissions, and fuel economy.
• Vehicle systems: Identify and explain natural-gas fuel-system components, electronic control units and connected sensors/actuators, and ignition-system operation.
• Safety and compliance: Follow personal and shop safety practices; respond appropriately to fire, gas leaks, collisions, and other emergencies; recognize relevant policies and regulations for gaseous-fuel vehicles.
• Fleet readiness: Identify fleet personnel who need LNG training and the core training topics for LNG transportation, storage, fueling, tank management, detection, fire suppression, and preventive maintenance.

The course is structured as a five-day program with classroom instruction and hands-on heavy-duty vehicle lab activities.