Photovoltaic Installer and Maintenance Training
SPARE—Solar Power as Renewable Energy

ESF is proud to continue its established tradition of SPARE in 2010 - 2011!

 

Our 4-day Basic Photovoltaic Installer Course is board-recognized by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP).

Our two day Advanced Photovoltaic course is geared toward PV installers and engineers who have experience with photovoltaic systems and offers participants an overview of commercial PV systems.NEW! This course will use a combination of online learning for content previously covered in day one with a traditional in-person class for day two. Students will receive a link to Blackboard, a Web-based course-management system, by email with assistance to log on and learn the material over a four week period of time prior to the in-person class. The online experience will include homework with problems to solve and feedback from Dr. Gay Canough.

 

News from NYSERDA: Beginning June 30. 2011, NYSERDA will be requiring all PV installers in New York State to be NABCEP certified. Many installers are already NABCEP certified. Information regarding this requirement is scheduled to appear on the NYSERDA website by the end of July 2010. For more information regarding NABCEP Certification and the pre-certification exam see the Course Overview section of the navigation box.

 

Please join us for our next class!

Basic SPARE: September 13-16, 2010 Coyne Hall, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY

Advanced SPARE: A combination of online study with one in person class session (Register before 9/27/10).

• Online study (September 27 - October 27, 2010),

• Teleconference with instructor - October 18, 2010 at 10 AM,

• In person session - October 28, 2010 in Syracuse, NY

To sign up, go to the Registration page.

 

Future Classes to consider:

Basic SPARE: 4 day course

• March 14 - 17, 2011
• April 11 - 14, 2011
• May 9 - 12, 2011
• September 12 - 15, 2011

Advanced SPARE: A combination of online study with one in person class session

• Online study (May 7 through June 7, 2011), In person session - June 8, 2011
• Online study (September 4 - October 4, 2011), In person session October 5, 2011

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Images from Past Courses

• Images from February 8 - 11, 2010 Course (PDF)
• Images from June 9 - 12, 2008 Course (PDF)
• Images from September 17-20, 2007 Course (PDF)
• Images from April 2-5, 2007 Course (PDF)
• Images from the 2005 and 2006 Courses

More information Contact: Maura Harling Stefl at 315.470.6889 or mhstefl@esf.edu