Solar Technician 6 Month Program
Course Curriculum Summary |
| Participant Preferred Credentials |
- High School Graduate
- 3-10 years work experience, preferably in a hand-skills environment.
- Willing and anxious to learn for a new career.
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| Course Content |
- 26 weeks @ 20 hours/week (520 hours) in Total
- Basic Fundamentals = 23% (120 hrs.) Part I
- Classroom Theory = 40% (208 hrs.) Part II
- Laboratory projects = 17% (88 hrs.) Part III
- Field Work = 20% (104 hrs.) Part IV
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| Course Content Summary Overview |
| Learning Outcomes |
- An overview of Solar Energy.
- Electronic Principles applied to Photo Voltaics.
- Solar Thermal & Electrical Generation.
- Electric Load Analysis.
- Photo Voltaics Modules.
- Batteries.
- Photo Voltaics Controls.
- Sizing Photo Voltaics Systems.
- Utility-Interactive Systems.
- Integrating Photo Voltaics into Buildings.
- Photo Voltaics System Application.
- Photo Voltaics Installation.
- Maintenance and Troubleshooting.
- Safety and Photo Voltaics Installation.
- Solar Thermal Design.
- Solar Thermal Manufacturing and Installation.
- Solar Thermal Service and Maintenance.
- Course Curriculum to include content to allow students to challenge the North American Board of Certified Practitioners “Certified Solar PV Installer” Examination.
- Ref: BREAKDOWN OF THEORY, LABORATORY AND FIELD WORK SCHEDULES.
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| Course Location(s) |
- 3377 Lockhart Road, Newcastle, Ontario (Laboratory, lecture rooms, system installation and testing, fully equipped).
- Field Station equipped for students to work on typical solar energy systems. (Ref: Description)
- Building and property serve as an onsite Laboratory.
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| Evaluation Methods |
- Bi-weekly oral and written tests.
- Laboratory projects marked on quality, cost and neatness.
- Homework and Classroom written assignments.
- Field tests on system installations and servicing procedures and completeness.
- Mid-term and Final exams – laboratory, oral and written (multiple choices and subjective).
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| Training Text Books Required |
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| Course Fees |
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| Includes all books, instrumentation, supplies, out-of-town field trips, etc. |
