Registering a Course as Continuing Education for NABCEP Certificants
Those courses which are provided by accredited institutions, such as community colleges, vocational technical schools or government/state licensing boards do not need to be formally registered with NABCEP as Continuing Education. As long as the course is relevant to the appropriate codes, the Job Task Analysis or some aspect of operating a renewable energy business, registration of the course with NABCEP (through submission of an application), is not necessary.
However, courses provided by manufacturers, distributors, dealers or individual trainers MUST be registered with NABCEP (because they are not offered by an accredited institution or or government/state licensing board.)
All courses that directly relate to the NABCEP Solar PV, Solar Heating or Small Wind Task Analyses can be used to meet all or part of the requirement of six (6) hours of continuing education on the Task Analysis. Those greater than six (6) hours in length can be used to offset all or part of the six (6) hours required of technical or non-technical training as well. There are other courses which can be used to meet the required six (6) hours of continuing education credits on the code relevant to the appropriate technology (NEC or UPC).
If you would like to become a Continuing Education Provider, please read the following guidelines and fill out the following application:
NABCEP CE Provider Application
Examples of acceptable continuing education course topics include the following subjects:
- Acceptance testing of PV system installations
- Accounting
- Battery technology
- Building codes
- Building construction
- Building energy efficiency
- Building-integrated photovoltaic products
- Business contracting
- Business law
- Combined heat and power systems
- Construction safety practices
- Design review, evaluation and certification of PV systems
- Design review, evaluation and certification of solar thermal systems
- Distributed resources
- Electric generators and motors
- Electric utility system operation
- Electrical circuits
- Electrical safety practices
- Electrical system design
- Energy conservation
- Energy storage systems
- Inspection of photovoltaic systems
- Inverter system design and operation (grid-tied, stand-alone, multi-mode)
- Licensing, permitting, inspection and interconnection of grid-tied PV systems
- Lightning protection
- Load management strategies
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Mechanical system design
- National Electrical Code
- National Electrical Safety Code
- Photovoltaic and solid-state devices
- Photovoltaic system design (grid-tied, stand-alone, hybrid)
- Photovoltaic systems engineering
- Qualification testing of photovoltaic modules
- Roofing practices
- Solar and renewable energy resources
- Testing and certification of stand-alone photovoltaic systems
- Testing, certification and labeling of photovoltaic modules
- Testing, certification and labeling of solar thermal collectors
- Wind turbines