This is the type of thing needed in the solar PV arena. Right now there are “some” Junior Colleges developing programs for training a workforce for solar PV installations. THIS program requires more than two or three college semesters of class time and adds 4,000 hours of on-the-job hands on experience something no college lab would offer. Basically one and a half years of doing the task instead of the classroom with maybe a lab of one to two hours every week. An apprentice program usually teaches the concept of “best practices” in application of the technology and tools available, another thing Colleges don’t always do.