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What this course establishes
- Translate a fictional customer load/site record into a bounded PV feasibility and documentation plan
- Build paper-only array, string, inverter, racking, conductor/protection, labeling and permit-set checks without engineering or installation
- Create commissioning, permission-to-operate, handoff and maintenance evidence from a fictional project audit
Entry knowledge
- Arithmetic, geometry, units, basic DC/AC electricity and drawing literacy
- Ability to distinguish site assessment, design, permit, installation, inspection, interconnection, commissioning and operations records
- Commitment to fall, ladder, lifting, roof, electrical, weather, heat and battery boundaries
Scope boundaries
- All customers, sites, roofs, structures, utilities, equipment, bills, measurements and drawings are fictional. Learners must not climb roofs/ladders/scaffolds; use fall-arrest systems; lift modules; penetrate roofs; excavate; operate tools; install racking; connect, disconnect, energize, probe or commission PV, service, utility or battery circuits; enter attics/confined spaces; perform structural/electrical engineering; submit permits/interconnection; or represent themselves as qualified through this course.
- This is not contractor/electrician/roofer/PV licensure, NABCEP or manufacturer certification, registered apprenticeship, supervised hours, OSHA training, electrical qualification, fall-protection authorization, structural engineering, permit approval, utility interconnection/permission to operate, college credit or professional certification.
- PV modules can produce DC whenever illuminated. Disconnect position, covered modules or inverter shutdown is not universal absence-of-voltage proof. Only current site-specific stamped/approved documents where required, listed compatible equipment, manufacturer instructions, adopted code, utility rules, qualified persons, inspected fall systems and verified electrical work conditions govern real work. Internal completion or a fastest route never predicts approval, safe installation, energy yield, savings, certification or employment.
Fastest competency route
Completion is self-paced and competency-based. Prior knowledge may shorten conceptual study only when site, design, authority, safety, measurement and revision evidence remains complete. Hands-on competence, supervised hours, licenses, certifications, fall/electrical qualification, engineering, permits, inspections and utility permission remain external; no fastest-hour, approval, production, savings or employment promise is made.
- Pass diagnostics on PV energy, site/roof assessment, electrical topology, fall/electrical controls, permits, installation quality and commissioning
- Repair every planted defect in the fictional PV project audit
- Complete and defend the PV project dossier
Full self-paced route
- PV fundamentals, site assessment, customer/load boundaries and feasibility
- Array/electrical/structural documentation, installation sequence and safety controls
- Inspection, interconnection, commissioning, handoff, operations and quality
- Applied photovoltaic project dossier
Lesson and assessment map
PV fundamentals, site assessment, and feasible scope
Convert a fictional customer goal and site record into an honest, bounded PV feasibility assessment.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Array and electrical documentation, installation sequence, and safety controls
Audit a fictional PV permit set and installation plan for compatible components, buildable details and controlled hazards.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Inspection, interconnection, commissioning, handoff, and operations
Build fictional inspection-to-operations evidence without energizing before all authorities approve.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Required applied assignment
Photovoltaic project dossier
Repair the fictional PV project audit and create one paper-only dossier from customer goals and site feasibility through approved design, controlled installation planning, inspections, interconnection, commissioning, handoff and O&M. Perform no roof, ladder, fall-protection, structural, tool, electrical, battery, permit, utility or energization work.
- Privacy-bounded intake, load/site/roof/electrical/shading record and feasibility model
- Array/string/equipment/one-line/structural documentation audit with calculations and referrals
- Fall, access, lift, weather, heat and electrical energy-control plan with qualified-role boundaries
- Permit/revision/inspection/PTO and commissioning evidence with baseline performance
- Owner handoff, O&M and quality dashboard with duplicate repair, denominators, missingness and balancing measures
Passing standard: 80 of 100 points, with substantive revision required.
Continue after this course
- Verify trade licenses, supervision, adopted codes, permitting, fire review, inspection, interconnection and incentive requirements for the project jurisdiction and utility
- Complete supervised laboratories and field training on fall systems, roofs, racking, torque, wiring, grounding/bonding, inverters, rapid shutdown, test instruments and commissioning
- Maintain qualification, equipment compatibility, torque, inspection, utility, commissioning, warranty, production and continuing-competence records