Interactive content that's not like reading a book
Who is the course for? Anyone who wants to learn how to make electricity from sunshine using common components and design principles of residential Solar PV systems.
How long is it? The online solar training course is self paced, and most students finish in 3-5 weeks. The total time is about 30-50 hours.
We recognize that most online courses are notoriously boring, and that many students do not finish them. So we designed a fun, interactive, online solar training course about the design & installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The class is enhanced with interactive exercises, animations, quick quizzes, real-world experiments and video clips. We also include an entire solar kit with real solar PV cells, DC motors and multi-meter. Our hands-on exercises help you really understand solar design!
You can do the course work whenever you wish, day or night, and an instructor is available to help you with your questions.
When you enroll in the course, you receive a complete reference textbook and CD-ROM, in addition to the aforementioned solar kit. You can receive a $600 discount towards this course, by bundling it with our acclaimed hands-on 6 Day Solar PV Boot Camp.
Upon completing the online solar training course and finishing the assessments with a 70% score, students will be awarded the Boots Entry-level Photovoltaic Design certificate.
This course fills up very quickly, and seats are very limited and strictly on a first-come-first-serve basis. To improve your chances of enrollment, we suggest you click the ENROLL button in the Course Schedule table below to sign up online. We are currently not offering standby status for any dates of this course. Students outside of the USA may incur additional shipping charges for course material delivery. Please contact an Admissions Representative for more information.
For non-licensed professionals this is a prerequisite for the IREC accredited 6 Day Solar PV Boot Camp. If you have a strong desire to start a career in the solar industry, but do not have the proper background of experience, we strongly recommend that you take this introductory online course.
Online Solar Training
