| As of March 2009, economic reports confirm that | | | | within strict NEC compliance. |
| green collar jobs hold this economy's most promising | | | | - PV lab management training is perhaps the ultimate |
| career paths. People with technical skills and expertise | | | | hand-on training that a technician could get as it sets |
| on energy and electricity production and distribution, | | | | the participants in a direct field application scenario, |
| equipment installation and maintenance, particularly | | | | handling and managing PV lab yards, giving them the |
| those who have participated in or taken solar training | | | | opportunity to install and wire solar electric systems to |
| courses, are at great advantage. With the current US | | | | different types of solar electrical system wiring |
| administration backing up the development of | | | | configuration. |
| alternative energy sources, it is predicted that the solar | | | | - People from the traditional management and finance |
| industry will achieve a 30% annual growth and more. | | | | team can take advantage of the solar sales, marketing |
| Throughout the globe, the United States is not alone in | | | | and economics courses that may be taken in a |
| its initiative in advancing its energy sources and | | | | traditional classroom setup or online. The important |
| properties. There is also an observed increase in the | | | | point of this training is to train people from directly |
| demand for green collar jobs in many European and | | | | related blue collar jobs into the more specific marketing |
| Asian countries. Today, US companies take hold of the | | | | demands of solar energy systems. |
| most development projects in honing solar energy. | | | | The potential of the solar industry has long been |
| These companies are taking advantage of the | | | | determined. Until the discovery of the depletion of the |
| increasing demand for renewable energy sources as | | | | conventional sources, the industry's potentials have |
| well as the country's tax advantage benefits. Hence, | | | | been set aside. Now, with the advent of the global go |
| there is an open opportunity for people who are | | | | green attitude and the wide acceptance of the |
| qualified for various solar jobs. Now is the best time to | | | | international community to solar energy as the closest |
| get some training and courses to qualify for | | | | alternative energy source, people who are qualified for |
| professional solar jobs. | | | | green collar jobs can lead a successful career path |
| Thankfully, there are a number of solar trainings and | | | | regardless of the worldwide economic conditions and |
| courses that are offered to qualify technicians, | | | | issues. |
| engineers and other equipment installing, handling and | | | | From welders, electricians, roofers to architects, |
| maintaining workers for the much coveted green collar | | | | integrators, general contractors and other building |
| jobs. These learning programs are intended to break in | | | | professionals, the high demand for people qualified of |
| people to the growing solar industry. With the hands-on | | | | solar jobs gives light could be just the kind of |
| training, solar business and finance management | | | | opportunity that people can take advantage of after |
| courses as well as solar marketing and sales | | | | the struggles that the current economic crisis have |
| strategies, people from blue collar jobs can smoothly | | | | brought in their careers. Green collar jobs gave the |
| make their transition into the green collar jobs that | | | | technicians and engineers as well as marketing and |
| require similar expertise. | | | | finance professionals a great opportunity to rise from |
| Below is the list of the training programs and courses | | | | the ashes of the economy that may have cost them |
| that are offered to qualify for solar jobs: | | | | their blue collar jobs. |
| - Training on photovoltaic design, installation and | | | | By participating in the related courses and trainings that |
| applications to hone the expertise of technicians and | | | | the government and the private training centers offer, |
| engineers. | | | | workers can easily become qualified for the coveted |
| - Grid-tied PV design training is a focused in introducing | | | | job. As the key leaders in the global economy intend to |
| modern ways of handling solar energy systems | | | | invest on the solar industry in the future, these trainings |
| connected to the utility grid. | | | | and courses can bring many workers back on the job, |
| - Advanced PV design training refers to the | | | | not just any job but a well-paying job. High-paying job |
| heightened level of PV design training, which requires | | | | that preserved the environment; what's a more ideal |
| the trainee to do the PV design and installation courses | | | | job than that? |