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Jun 17
duration 5 days
tuition $1,595.00 USD

PV201L: Solar Training - Solar Electric Lab Week (Grid-Direct)

Put the classroom theory into practice with the ultimate hands-on PV experience available! This five day lab class offers students the opportunity to work closely with experienced PV professionals. You will gain valuable insight and experience while installing and commissioning multiple PV systems consisting of modules, inverters, and racking components from a wide range of manufacturers that are all big players in the PV industry. A low student-to-instructor ratio and the world-class lab facility at SEI’s lab facility in Paonia, Colorado or in Costa Rica, combine to make PV201L the perfect environment for your first hands-on PV experience.

what you will learn

By working in small groups, students will put what they’ve learned in PV101 to the test. They get their hands dirty by fully installing and commissioning a wide variety of system types before testing the system, then de-commissioning and breaking down. SEI is not affiliated with any equipment manufacturers, so students get unbiased opinions and are able to work on all of the equipment being used in the field today.

Students rotate between a commercial ballasted roof, two steep roofs, a ground-mount, and a pole-mount system that contain a variety of inverters, racking hardware and mounting methods. Students will learn fall protection best practices and different harness set-ups. They will learn lockout/tagout procedures to create a safe working environment and use an assortment of meters to test systems. This class is a good complement to PV301L, the Solar Electric Lab Week (Battery-based).

‘This has definitely laid the groundwork for my company’s success in the solar industry.’

— T.T. Miller, PV Lab Week participant, 2006

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Prerequisites: PV101 or PVOL101 (or students who have completed a SEI PV workshop prior to January 2010 and have not attended a workshop at the Paonia lab facility)

nabcep certification information

Contact Training Hours (shown on Record of Completion): 40 hours

NABCEP Training Hours:

PV Installer Certification Requirements: This course counts for 40 advanced training hours.
PV Technical Sales Certification Requirements: This course counts for 20 hours, which covers the PV Technical Sales JTA.
PV Technical Sales Recertification Requirements: This course counts for 12 JTA hours and 6 Non-Technical/Other.
PV Associate Recertification: 12 training hours
Solar Heating Installer Recertification: This course counts for 6 Non-Technical continuing education hours.

For information on SEI’s Solar Professionals Certificate Program please click here.

more on nabcep certification > sei's solar professionals certificate program info >

course snapshot

Notice: This course has multiple locations!

Centro de Capacitación de Energía Solar de SEI-CFIA, Costa Rica (ENGLISH)
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The new Solar Energy Training Center of SEI-CFIA in Costa Rica is located in the province of Cartago. It is located within the facilities of the Integral Training Center Uxarrací CFIA (Federated College of Engineers and Architects). Which provides training and recreation spaces for professional and personal development of students and their families.

SEI inaugurates its first international training center in Costa Rica. In collaboration with the College of Engineers and Electricians, Mechanics and Industrialists of Costa Rica (CIEMI), and the Federated College of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica (CFIA), the Solar Energy Training Center of SEI-CFIA (CR) opens its doors.

The training center has all the solar facilities conducive to practical training in solar energy, training spaces and a student lounge. It also has social areas, a large pool, picnic areas, a soccer field, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, a playground for children, large green areas, a natural river, a game room, shop, grocery store and park. All facilities are enabled for SEI students and their families. Vacation and learn in an unparalleled solar experience in our center.

Location Reference: The center is located 3 kilometers east of the Mirador de Ujarrás, following highway 22, Cartago, Costa Rica.

The Training Center has 3 stations where students practice designing and installing the following interconnected solar systems from start to finish. All SEI PV system stations are designed and installed under the highest quality standards, in compliance with the NEC 2014 standard and using equipment and components available in the market. The differences between the systems are important, since the student is expected to experiment with the greatest number of configurations in a week. PV systems have a great advantage: they are completely modular! From what you learn with SEI in the 201L course, you will recognize the fundamental concepts to install systems of any size in the future.

Let’s look at some details about the tree stations of the 201L course in Costa Rica:

Station on roof – Inverter system with CC-CC optimizers: This interactive PV system with the network is installed on a sloped corrugated metal roof. It is mounted with a standard mounting structure parallel to the ceiling. The inverter with optimizers creates a solution that meets very simple quick shutdown requirements for residential and commercial systems. It also offers great design flexibility when there are partial shadows, circuits of PV modules of unequal length, or different inclinations and orientations of the roof.

Station on sloping roof – Microinverters System: Interactive PV system, mounted on metal structure anchored in parallel to a sloping metal roof, with microinverters. This interactive system uses single-phase output microinverters, widely used in residential systems and in sites with partial shadows. In addition, when installed on a sloped trapezoidal metal roof, the experience of working on a typical residential slope is included.

Overground Station – System with chain inverter: PV system installed on the ground, with typical structures in large commercial systems: metal structure on concrete pedestals. This system has 1 PV source circuit connected to a combination box, and has all the means of disconnection that would be required in a commercial system.

It also has all the necessary tools for the use of students and security teams.

The rest area has a fresh water station, coffee and electric current for charging electronic devices such as cell phones, tablets, laptop.
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- March 04 2019 - March 08 2019
Paonia, CO

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Solar Energy International’s industry-recognized Renewable Energy Lab Facility in Paonia, Colorado is located on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains along the North Fork of the Gunnison River and at the base of the 11,395 foot tall Mt. Lamborn. Our educational center offers students an unparalleled opportunity to practice what they’ve learned in the classroom in a beautiful location.

Staff consider our location a little piece of heaven, and the best kept secret in solar.

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- April 15 2019 - April 19 2019
- June 17 2019 - June 21 2019
- July 22 2019 - July 26 2019
- October 07 2019 - October 11 2019
5 days
40 hours/week

PV201L: Solar Training - Solar Electric Lab Week (Grid-Direct)

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what you will learn

helpful information

nabcep certification information

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course snapshot

course materials

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PV201L: Solar Training - Solar Electric Lab Week (Grid-Direct)

Additional Details

what you will learn

helpful information

nabcep certification information

available sessions

course snapshot

course materials

Instructors

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