solar education classes

rollandelliott · August 2011

http://www.sma-america.com/fileadmin/fm-dam/documents/en_us/WEB_SOLARACADEMY-AUS-112329.pdf

anyone take any of the above classes?

were they worth the monye or just a rehash of the installation manual?

Any other recommendations for solar education? Preferrably online. I know naceb offers some classes, but most require a lot of travel.

Solar Guppy · August 2011

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http://www.newschief.com/article/20110710/NEWS/107105026?p=2&tc=pg

Polk State College has some solar classes in the corporate college division in Lakeland. One is an design/installation course that would be appropriate for what your contemplating in doing

ggunn · August 2011

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rollandelliott wrote: »

http://www.sma-america.com/fileadmin/fm-dam/documents/en_us/WEB_SOLARACADEMY-AUS-112329.pdf

anyone take any of the above classes?

were they worth the monye or just a rehash of the installation manual?

Any other recommendations for solar education? Preferrably online. I know naceb offers some classes, but most require a lot of travel.

The SMA classes can be very informative on the ways to use their equipment, but they assume a basic understanding of the technology. NABCEP itself does not offer training, but there are NABCEP accredited training institutions (some private, some public) at many locations in the US.

rollandelliott · August 2011

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any one take any courses from
http://www.solarenergy.org/solar-training-renewable-energy-workshops

they are online and convienient, but seem like they might lack much interactivity, more solo reading and studying I guess.

rollandelliott · August 2011

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i watched some classes at
www.ontility.com

they were pretty much what I expected speakers with powerpoint.

they are decent, but if you like reading I'm guessing you'd get more out of a good book.

ggunn · August 2011

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rollandelliott wrote: »

i watched some classes at
www.ontility.com

they were pretty much what I expected speakers with powerpoint.

they are decent, but if you like reading I'm guessing you'd get more out of a good book.

That's all well and good, but IMO nothing beats a classroom experience with a good instructor, motivated classmates that ask a lot of questions, and hands-on lab work.

For example: http://imaginesolar.com/

solarpanels · August 2011

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What about this online education website.
They have different courses for solar energy.
http://www.distance-education.org/Courses/Solar-Energy-242/

System2 · August 2011

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I prefer this one: http://www.solarenergy.org/

but it think solar education is best learned if you are inside the classroom with your professor and classmates. online learning in this field will only give you theoretical knowledge.

boB · August 2011

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noeladdison wrote: »

I prefer this one: http://www.solarenergy.org/

but it think solar education is best learned if you are inside the classroom with your professor and classmates. online learning in this field will only give you theoretical knowledge.

And solarenergy.org, (SEI), offers that experience. The online courses are a fairly recent option for SEI.

boB

Seven · August 2011

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good info. That is something that I was looking for also.

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