Sun Pirate Solar Training

Available Courses

• Fundamentals Of Solar Hot Water Heating

  • Administrator: Grant Brott
  • Teacher: Roger Coghlan

  Cost: $495.00

  This online course concentrates on the basics of installing code compliant solar hot water systems. This course will be useful for people who currently work in or plan to be employed in the solar hot water industry. Student technicians will learn practical design criteria,installation guidelines, safety issues, maintenance, and legal considerations of solar hot water systems.
  
  The essential training objective of this course is to provide the solar hot water installer/technician/contractor with fundamental technical knowledge on solar assisted heating in order that the technician may acquire and advance in design, installation and servicing responsibilities as the market for solar assisted water heating progresses.
  

  The course is ISPQ accredited by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and is also North American Board of Certified Energy Practioners approved for continuing education contact hours and counts for 40 hours which can be used to meet certain requirements for NABCEP installer certification and re-certification.
  
  
  
• Photovoltaic System Design & Installation

  • Administrator: Grant Brott
  • Teacher: Roger Coghlan

  Cost: $595.00

  This online course concentrates on the basics of installing code compliant photovoltaic systems. This course will be useful for people who currently work in or plan to be employed in the solar hot water industry. Student technicians will learn practical design criteria,installation guidelines, safety issues, maintenance, and legal considerations of photovoltaic systems.
  
  The essential training objective of this course is to provide the photovoltaic installer/technician/contractor with fundamental technical knowledge on photovoltaics in order that the technician may acquire and advance in design, installation and servicing responsibilities as the market for solar assisted water heating progresses.
  The course is ISPQ accredited by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and is also North American Board of Certified Energy Practioners approved for continuing education contact hours and counts for 60 hours which can be used to meet certain requirements for NABCEP installer certification and re-certification.
• Electric and Safety Basics for Solar Installers

  • Administrator: Grant Brott
  • Teacher: Roger Coghlan

  Cost: $95.00

  
  

  The Electric and Safety Basics for Solar course teaches the solar enthusiast the fundamental skills required to work in this growing industry. This course covers in depth the basic math concepts that are used regularly along with more complicated math concepts. Then you dig into electrical basics and learn the basics of DC and AC and items related to solar. Next is the big safety topic covering all the safety topics needed to work in the solar industry from electrical safety to ladder and fall protection. This course is your foundation for all future training in this great industry.