Energy Specialist
Competency-based
ONET: 17-3023.03
2
Years
21
Skills
Curriculum
- Quarter 1
- Quarter 2
- Quarter 3
- Quarter 4
- Quarter 5
- Quarter 6
- Quarter 7
- Quarter 8
On-the-job training
- 1st Quarter Solar Photovoltaic Introduction
- Renewable energy sources and types of systems.
- Identify potential safety hazards and the proper personal protective equipment for working on grid-direct PV systems (OSHA).
- Install photovoltaic PV systems in accordance with applicable codes and standards based on given instruction.
- 2nd Quarter Defining Features
- Define equipment grounding, system grounding, and components and conductors used for grounding.
- List the pros and cons of different mounting systems. (ground, pole, roof, and trackers) and determine the number of modules that can fit in a given roof space.
- Diagram and list the features, applications, and components of the following PV system types: DC direct, stand-alone, grid-direct, and grid-tied with battery back-up.
- 3rd Quarter OJL Calculations
- Perform power and energy calculations.
- Identify the following wires and components on schematics of residential grid-direct systems: disconnects, inverter, equipment grounding conductors, ungrounded conductors, grounded conductors, the grounding electrode(s), and the AC and DC system grounds.
- 4th Quarter OJL Performance
- List the order of installation, commissioning, and decommissioning of a grid-direct PV system.
- Obtain and apply specifications for PV modules and determine their performance given various environmental and operating conditions.
- 5th Quarter Diagram
- Diagram and determine the power, current, and voltage characteristics of PV modules in different series and parallel configurations.
- Review of OSHA Guidelines grid-direct PV systems.
- 6th Quarter OJL Evaluate
- Estimate energy production of a PV system based on location specifics including orientation and tilt angle.
- Given specific site criteria, evaluate what type of inverter is appropriate.
- Bolting of structural framing and solar modules.
- 7th Quarter OJL Design
- Decipher balance-of-system equipment specification sheets to determine the critical information needed for system design.
- Design a residential grid-direct system including the array, inverter, circuit conductors, and overcurrent protection.
- Applying weather sealing to building or support mechanisms.
- Understanding current requirements for the photovoltaic installations.
- Examine designs and electrical configurations.
- 8th Quarter OJL Install
- Assembly of solar modules and its support structures on the ground and roof.
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