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Would you like to work in the promising field of renewable energy? Would you like to be able to plan photovoltaic systems, heat pumps and solar systems? Find the right school for your further training to become a solar technician with a European-protected title.

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Solar technician: your further training in the field of renewable energy

Are you interested in further training in the promising field of renewable energy and looking for the right course and the right school? Would you like to not only plan concepts for photovoltaic systems, heat pumps and solar systems for your customers, but also implement them professionally and independently? Then training to become a certified solar technician could be the right choice for you.

This course provides you with basic theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields of heating technology, heat pump technology, electrical engineering, solar thermal technology, occupational safety, photovoltaics, roofs and walls as well as energy - environment - market and serves as an excellent basis for a qualified job in which you will be able to advise as well as independently plan, install, commission and maintain.

This course lasts one semester and can also be taken part-time with a reduced workload. However, it should be noted that training to become a solar technician is not a federally recognized apprenticeship with a federal certificate of proficiency (EFZ), but rather a targeted further training course that allows you to complete vocational training with an EFZ. However, if you do not have an EFZ, it is always possible to attend this course if you have the appropriate qualifications and practical experience in the field of building technology and building envelopes. Please discuss this directly with the School for Renewable Energies.

Would you like to find out more about this interesting further training course for solar specialists with a European certificate? Then use our contact form to get in touch with the relevant schools, who will be happy to send you information material and registration forms for solar technicians without obligation.

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Continuing education, further training as a solar technician requires a completed apprenticeship of 3 or 4 years, which you have completed with a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training. This qualification can be as an electrician, heating engineer or plumber, as a roofer or tinsmith, as well as other professions in the metal, machine, wood, construction or electrical industries. If you have an apprenticeship qualification in another field, please discuss this directly with the school where you would like to complete your continuing education, further training.
If you have completed your training in an area relevant to the solar technician course within the last two years, you may be exempted from the relevant modules. For you as an electrician Federal VET Diploma, this could mean that you do not have to attend the module "Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering", provided that you graduated no more than two years ago at the start of the course. However, this should always be discussed individually and personally with the school.
The continuing education, further training to become a solar technician is divided into seven modules, which are all attended and completed individually. These are: Basic Electrical Engineering with 30 lessons, Basic Thermal Engineering with 30 lessons, Roof, Wall and Occupational Safety with 40 lessons, Energy - Environment - Market with 20 lessons, Specialist Modules Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal and Heat Pump with 45 lessons each. Detailed information on the content of the respective modules can be obtained directly from the relevant schools.
The solar technician course is a certificate course which allows you to use the European protected title after passing the examinations. Continuing education, further training to become a solar installation project manager, on the other hand, is a federally recognized Federal Professional Examination (FPE), which you complete after the continuing education, further training in order to obtain the federally recognized specialist certificate. If you have successfully completed continuing education as a solar technician and are interested in being trained as a project manager, you have the option of acquiring the prerequisites you need for the Federal Professional Examination (FPE) with only two additional modules, namely Project Management Basics and Solar Installation Project Management, while the remaining modules are fully recognized.
Professional experience in the field of renewable energies is not mandatory for continuing education, further training as a solar technician.

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