Location:
Various, distance learning format.
Dates:
March 2007 - December 2014.
Learner Outcomes:
Students will be able to: explain safety precautions in working with tools and materials, identify site-specific hazards (electrical, structural, environmental) in PV installation and develop effective emergency prevention and response plans, enumerate and list steps, tools, and deliverables of a site-evaluation, PV system commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting that emphasize methods, measurements, and records, name suitable locations for PV array and balance-of-system components, specify the technology of PV modules, inverters, and batteries at the atomic and electronic level, identify steps to performing and producing electrical and trigonometric calculations, select and configure a site-specific design, including sizing of PV arrays and overcurrent protection devices, conduit, and conductors, estimate schedules, work breakdown structures, materials, and equipment.
Instruction:
This advanced course provides the theory behind existing practical knowledge and hands-on experience and it is not intended to be a substitute for it. Prerequisite: Introduction to Photovoltaic Systems; High School Math (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) and Computer Skills.
Credit recommendation:
In the lower division associate/baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering, Construction or Project Management, General Elective (3/12).
