Solar PV Designer

    • NLDA SOLAR PV DESIGNER will provide you with the fundamentals that you need to understand when starting out in the PV industry.
    • You will be able to understand technical terms, sell PV systems, and grasp the business side of PV, without having to go into deep technical detail. In the FIVE days, you will learn about the basics of solar electricity, the functionality of PV system components, the quality and selection criteria of PV components, and system operation and maintenance.
    • The course also covers all the questions that customers may ask you, such as PV safety aspects, financial feasibility, and advantages of solar PV.

Main Topics

Day 1 and 2:

  • Electro technical basics (series, parallel connection, current, voltage and their influence on yields, I-V-characteristic curve)
  • PV system concepts (stand-alone, grid-tied, back-up)
  • PV system components (incl. batteries), reading of data sheets
  • Basics of grid-tied PV system installation

Day 3:

  • Site preparation, tools and equipment
  • Practical installation of a grid-tied PV system incl. commissioning
  • Routine inspections, data capturing, testing, trouble shooting, operation and maintenance

Day 4 and 5:

  • Project management (timeline, laws and regulation, procedures)
  • Site survey and on-site inspection
  • Planning and design of grid-tied PV systems (with and without battery storage), calculation of roof-top PV systems and extension of grid-tied systems to back-up systems, fault finding and quality assurance
  • Demo of PV simulation software (4 week software license PV*SOL Premium included)
  • Sales, marketing and customer consultation