AEE Solar Training Blog    

This morning I had the honor of being an opening plenary speaker at the annual IREC conference in Albany NY.  My presentation on “Photovoltaic Training – Maintaining quality in a rapidly growing industry” was delivered to a group of 400+ top solar educators, community college professionals, and continuing education organizations from the US, Canada, Germany, and beyond.

The rapid growth of solar training organizations has been tremendous.  In less than 2 years, the number of solar training programs has expanded from under 10 to over 120 in the US.  (more…)

Renewable Energy World has just posted an article titled  “Solar Training – Choosing a Program that Works”  that was published a few weeks ago in the August 2009 issue of “Electrical Product and Solutions” Magazine.  This article will help you make an informed decision when selecting a solar training program.  Click here for a PDF version.

Good news. While most Solar Energy International hands-on PV training classes are full for the remainder of 2009, AEE Solar still has space remaining in our summer SEI hands-on PV training classes reserved exclusively for AEE Solar dealers.

Solar Energy International is the top ranking solar training organization in North America. Their classes have acheived the prestigious IREC ISPQ certification . SEI has the best cirriculum, the best instructors, and the widest range of classes for solar and renewable energy. SEI has more ISPQ certified trainers than all other training organizations combined. In fact, 5 of the 7 ISPQ certified master trainers are from SEI. Most of the existing NABCEP certified PV installers have taken thier PV training from SEI.

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The Solar 2009 show in Buffalo was a great success and allowed me an opportunity to address the topic of quality solar photovoltaic training during the “Industry Leader Spotlight” opening session.  The following information should help newcomers (and even those with some experience) understand which solar training courses would be appropriate to take.

The PV Training Matrix 

For a complete description of the training options…. (more…)

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is “where should I get my solar pv training?”

We have seen a dramatic increase in the number of solar training organizations over the past year. Unfortunately, we have seen many examples of solar training programs with instructors that have little or no experience in pv system design/installation. Fortunately, there are 2 organizations that certify solar training courses. 

There are currently over 100 approved providers for the NABCEP PV Entry Level Certificate listed on the NABCEP website, however, not all these courses are intended to be a comprehensive course for pv system designers/installers.  They are all suitable for entry level training, but those that want to design or install systems should receive their system design and installation training from an IREC ISPQ certified and accredited training organization (more on this below)….

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