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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