https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/06/secure-futures-apprenticeship-program-is-creating-solar-jobs-in-virginia-coal-country/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/06/secure-futures-apprenticeship-program-is-creating-solar-jobs-in-virginia-coal-country/#comment-130589 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:56:34 +0000 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/?p=98794#comment-130589 Apprenticeship programs are a better fit to the “professional” construction industry. The trades are a hands on proposition, a “student” doesn’t need to spend hours on end in a Library researching Pablo Picasso and his “blue period” for a “book report”, but does need to know how to figure current/voltage AWG requirements for a particular installation, NEC code wiring and protection methods and understanding of solar PV panel area, weight, and wind loading factors on a roof mounted system. The book report will maybe garner one a “good grade”. That “good grade” is equivalent to the burrito you ate yesterday. The apprenticeship will garner skills that will last a lifetime and professional skill levels will leave a “legacy” solar PV system to customers for years to come.

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