Students complete an intensive 3-5 days training course covering:

• Health and safety risks and safe systems of work associated with solar photovoltaic system installation work.
• Requirements of relevant regulations/standards relating to practical installation, testing and commissioning activities for solar photovoltaic system installation work.
• Fundamental differences between AC and DC circuits within solar photovoltaic modules.
• Purpose of solar photovoltaic system components.
• Types, silicon characteristics, and typical conversion efficiencies of solar photovoltaic modules.
• Fundamental design principles used to determine solar photovoltaic system module array size and position requirements.
• Preparatory work required for solar photovoltaic system installation work.
• Layouts and requirements for installing solar photovoltaic module arrays.
• Solar photovoltaic systems DC and AC circuit installation layouts within the scope of the relevant engineering recommendation for grid tied systems.
• Solar photovoltaic system protection techniques and components.