[RE-wrenches] Solar Installers Education

[R. Walters]

For Off grid, no one should even attempt being a designer/ installer  
without living for a full year on their own off grid system.
GT w/ batteries, you need off grid smarts and understand GT.
Training newbies, I can't imagine them being able to do anything  
other than schlep modules/ do grunt work for a couple of years.
I could see a licensed electrician with a year of full time training  
being able to do GT w/o batteries.
Most of the market and all the growth is in the GT w/o batteries, so  
I think your training should concentrate there.
I've taught a semester long PV class, and all I was able to do was  
create well educated consumers.

R. Walters
Solarray.com
NABCEP # 04170442	



On Jul 17, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Keith Cronin wrote:

> Hi gang
>
> I was wondering, what percentage do you believe represents the  
> ratio of classroom training to field training for PV and what  
> percentage you believe should be performed by licensed electricians  
> vs what is deemed mechanical work?
>
> Residential Grid Tie w/out batteries
> ___% classroom- electrician
> ___% field- electrician
>
> Residential Grid Tie w/out batteries
> ___% classroom- mechanical
> ___% field- mechanical
>
> Commercial Grid Tie w/out batteries
> ___% classroom-electrician
> ___% field-electrician
>
> Commercial Grid Tie w/out batteries
> ___% classroom-mechanical
> ___% field-mechanical
>
> Residential GT with batteries
> ____% classroom-electrician
> ____% field-electrician
>
> Residential GT with batteries
> ____% classroom-mechanical
> ____% field-mechanical
>
> Any takers on the off grid market percentages?
>
> Commercial w/ batteries is utility scale and I don't think it can  
> be quantified today as the projects are generally design build and  
> perhaps hard to put an exact # on these.
>
> Thanks
>
> Keith
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