Continuing Education

ALTE507 - Designing Solar Photovoltaic Systems

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Course Overview

Enhance your professional skillset by exploring grid-tied, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. With the skills you develop in this course will be able to design a PV system complete with applicable permitting requirements and associated drawings. You will possess a solid understanding of PV technological principles and knowledge of equipment commonly used in PV systems. You will also have obtained practical, hands-on experience in designing a residential grid-tied PV system, including experience completing microgeneration applications, drawings and PV permits. Although this course is intended for Electricians, others who have a basic understanding of electrical theory and a familiarity with the Canadian Electrical Code are welcome to enroll. Students who need a refresher on electricity will be able to access the course one week in advance of the course start date, to complete an optional module on electrical principals. Students should be prepared to create non-technical drawings using a simple drawing program or create drawings on paper using a ruler and a pencil.

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This course is part of these programs or course groups:

Electrical Trades Courses

Solar Photovoltaic Courses


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Delivery Methods

  • Face to Face: Where: In-person meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Face-to-face instruction at all class meetings. Location may be on campus or at a worksite.
  • Blended: Where: Mixture of in-person & online components. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Combination of face-to-face and online components at specific times. Some online components may be accessed online anytime.
  • Hyflex: Where: Choice to attend in-person or online meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. For each class, students choose to attend in-person with the instructor or online at a specific time.
  • Remote Live Delivery: Where: Online with instructor. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Instruction is delivered at set times online. Students do not come to campus.
  • Remote On-Demand Delivery: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online. While there are no set class meetings, there may be set due dates and deadlines for some activities. Students may interact with peers through virtual tools.
  • Remote Independent: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online, with no instructor support. While students choose when to do coursework, there may be set due dates and deadlines. 
  • Work Placement: Where: In-person meetings. When: Work is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Onsite work integrated learning. Location at a worksite.
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