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Course Overview
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 Courses are a board-recognized training program through North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP). Our Advanced Photovoltaic courses are geared toward PV installers and engineers who have experience with photovoltaic systems and offer participants an overview of commercial PV systems in a format that combines online learning with a one day classroom session.

Prerequisites

The successful SPARE participant should have either a high school diploma or a GED. Men and women in the HVAC, electrical and ironworker trades are particularly encouraged to explore this value-added training.

Course Offerings

4-day Basic Photovoltaic Installer Courses in Syracuse, NY

• March 12-15, 2012- 110 Moon Library, SUNY-ESF
• May 21-24, 2012- 110 Moon Library, SUNY-ESF
• Course Information - PDF
• If you complete the basic course, you can meet a requirement for certification through NABCEP as a PV installer.
  For details on certification, please visit www.nabcep.org.

Advanced* Photovoltaic Installer Courses: A combination of online study with one in person class session

• Please check back for future dates
• Course Information -PDF

*Before taking this course, it is highly recommended that you take one of the 4-day introductory Installer Courses or have previous installer experience.

NABCEP Entry Level Certificate of Knowledge Exam (practice exam)

ETM Solar Works, 300 North Street, Endicott, NY will offer the pre-certification practice exam. Space is limited.

• Check back for next date.

Please note: This is not the NABCEP exam for certification, but a Certificate of Knowledge exam that is NOT required to become certified. This exam is more for your benefit and practice to see where your photovoltaic knowledge stands.

Exam Study Class

ETM Solar Works, 300 North Street, Endicott, NY is offering a NABCEP Exam Study Class:

• check back for next date.

Contact Lori Johnson, Office Manager, ETM Solar Works, to register.

• Practice exam fee is $125.00 payable by check or money order to ETM Solar Works.
• Exam study class fee is $149.00 payable by check or money order to ETM Solar Works.

News from NYSERDA: The deadline by NYSERDA to become NABCEP certified has been extended to June 30, 2012.

Benefits of the PV Installer Course

• Professional engineers can earn PDHs for continuing education (12 for Advanced and 21 for Basic).
• Continuing education credits for electricians from New Jersey (issued by Dr. Gay Canough)
• Value-added training for trades and installer staff
• Essential skills for an expanding market and the up and coming green collar job opportunities
• Preparation for the 2011 installation season
• All participants receive a complete course notebook for certification examination preparation