Solar PV Installation & Maintenance-Apprenticeship Unit

Technical knowledge

K1: Health and safety legislation regulation and safe working practices relevant to solar photovoltaic (PV) installation and maintenance covering hazards and risks and how these can be avoided.

K2: Mathematical and scientific techniques, formulae, and calculations used in solar PV system design and installation in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.

K3: The purpose and operations of key solar PV components and their characteristics and features, and requirements in industrial, commercial and residential environments.

K4: Processes and procedures including the design, planning, setting up, and installing solar PV and associated technologies in industrial, commercial, and residential environments including structural considerations, roof fixings, cable routing, fire safety requirements, and integration with other technologies such as EV chargers and battery storage.

K5: Methods of terminating and connecting cabling in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.

K6: Fault diagnosis and rectification of PV system faults using different diagnostic and problem-solving techniques and the methods to find, assess, and resolve faults in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.

K7: Safe isolation, initial verification and appreciate periodic inspection, testing and reporting of solar PV installations, in industrial, commercial, and residential environments.

K8: Importance of accurate preparation, completion, and maintenance of relevant work documentation for PV systems, including test results, system performance, warranties, user instructions and documents in.

Technical skills

S1: Comply with all relevant legislation including environmental, regulations, codes of practice and other relevant information and guidance when planning and carrying out solar PV installation and maintenance activities.

S2: Inspect and test solar PV system installations in industrial, commercial and residential environments using test equipment.

S3: Apply diagnostic and problem-solving techniques to identify, assess and resolve electrical faults in industrial, commercial and residential environments.

S4: Install solar PV systems and components in line with required standards and manufacturer instructions.

S5: Maintain solar PV system using appropriate testing equipment and procedures.

S6: Record work including the completion and maintenance of work documentation, recording of test results and preparation of appropriate certification.

S7: Use relevant digital learning platforms and business communication and collaboration applications.

Qualified electricians that are employed on a payroll, that wish to upskill to get a recognised Solar PV installation and maintenance certificate to work towards their EAL Electric Plus

Level 3 or equivalent Electrical qualification, and be employed as an electrician

EAL tests and project work marked by the college assessor

Practicing as an electrician

EV Charging unit and Battery storage unit to make up Electric Plus qualification with EAL

Solar PV installation work on domestic contracts

Apprenticeship Units are mostly fully funded. Funding of £950 is requested by non-levy payers from their Apprenticeship Service Account. 

Similarly for levy payers, but  they may pay a co investment fee if they have spent all their levy funds.

£350 to undertake the battery storage installation and maintenance units which is not funded and will enable Electric Plus qualification when all 3 units are completed (Battery, Solar PV and EV )

This unit combines with 2 other units to attain the EAL qualification. Please contact employers@bpc.ac.uk for any further information

Awarding Body:
EAL

Qualification:
Apprenticeship Standard

Curriculum Area:
Construction - Construction Skills