Instructor Guide: Solar Technician Course
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ByUrunji Trust
Description
This is a guide for instructors of the Solar Technician course. We have deliberately prepared this guide to ensure that learning objectives and outcomes are adhered to.
Curriculum
- 3 Sections
- 36 Lessons
- 24 Weeks
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- Module 01: Electrical basics and safety13
- 1.1Lesson 1: Resistance and conductance
- 1.2Lesson 2 & 3: Voltage, current & power
- 1.3Lesson 4, 5 & 6: General tools
- 1.4Lesson 7: Using the multimeter
- 1.5Lesson 8: Tool storage and inventory
- 1.6Lesson 9: Occupational health and safety
- 1.7Lesson 10: Risk management
- 1.8Lesson 11: Handling hazardous materials
- 1.9Lesson 12: Disposal of hazardous materials
- 1.10Lesson 13: Emergency procedures
- 1.11Lesson 14: Electrical fire prevention
- 1.12Lesson 15: Types of fire extinguishers
- 1.13Lesson 16: Using a fire extinguisher
- Module 02: Solar electrical energy fundamentals3
- Module 04: Solar electrical system installation20
- 3.1Lesson 1: Location safety
- 3.2Lesson 2: Fire safety
- 3.3Lesson 3: Mounts
- 3.4Lesson 4: Parallel and series connections
- 3.5Lesson 5: Field activity
- 3.6Lesson 6: Basic definitions
- 3.7Lesson 7: Low frequency inverters
- 3.8Lesson 8: High frequency inverters
- 3.9Lesson 9: Other inverters
- 3.10Lesson 10: Updating inverter firmware
- 3.11Lesson 11: Isolators
- 3.12Lesson 12: Earthing
- 3.13Lesson 13: Lightning arrestors
- 3.14Lesson 14 and 15: Shunts and busbars
- 3.15Lesson 16: Automatic voltage switchers
- 3.16Lesson 17: Changeover switches
- 3.17Lesson 18: Battery equalizers
- 3.18Lesson 19: Junction boxes
- 3.19Lesson 20: Battery installation
- 3.20Lesson 21: Battery balancing
Instructor
7 Students8 Courses
Urunji Trust School is a constituent of the Urunji Child-Care Trust. We provide online and taught courses aimed at empowering the youth with skills and prepping them for self-employment.
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