PV System Operation & Maintenance - Home Study
Summary Description: Work within a team to perform required preventative maintenance activities on solar PV systems. Responds to corrective maintenance cases to troubleshoot, test, and repair.
This enrolment system only for those, Who are engaged in PV industry or electrical field. They can enroll in this system. In Home Study system student will get books (Soft or hard copy) as per schedule, they study at home and Institute of Solar Technology will allow to complete assignments on their own time from home, complete practical assignment and pass through an examination. Upon completion, you will receive your certificate.
Job Role
Solar Photovoltaic Plant Operation and Maintenance engineer inspects and perform schedule maintenance jobs for plant, i.e include mechanical and electrical components; performs periodic cleaning of PV modules; and maintains performance data records.
Responsibility of O&M Technician : The PV plants operates with the following basic modular building blocks : Solar Inverter, Solar Batteries, Solar Charge Controller and Solar Panels. Operating the plant requires an understanding of the current and voltages across the system.
BoS or Balance of System components play a huge role in the operation of the plant and these include, system wiring (capacity and size), Earthing and Lightening Protection Equipment and AJB/ DC DB which are basically Junction Boxes.
Certificate will be Awarded by
Institute of Solar Technology, A Unit of Global Advanced Training & Educational Trust, Regd. under NCT New Delhi, Govt. of India and NITI Aayog, Govt. of India
Eligibility
- ITI Pass
- 10th or 10+2 Pass
- Minimum Educational Qualifications: 10th Pass
- Minimum age 18 years,
Medium:
English, Hindi & Local Language
(Book & Online Examination in English)
Training Methodology:
The course will be delivered in class room board work, lecture using PowerPoint, sharing of case examples, design exercises, a complete design task and PV System installation facility at institute power plant.
Training Materials:
- FREE printed book as per Syllabus developed by National and International PV Technology Trainer & Expert
- sample bill of materials, sample financial models etc.
Core Syllabus:
| Subject Name | Theory Class * | Practical Class * | Total Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals of Electrical Systems | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Physic of Photovoltaic System | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Solar Resources for Photovoltaic System | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| PV System Components | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant Inspection | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Maintenance and Data keeping | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Safety for PV System Workers | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Workplace Relationship & Management | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 25 | 45 |
Knowledge & Skill from this training Program
Through this training session, you can understand your responsibilities at work area
Technical Job skill:
- Working process to generate solar power
- understanding of photovoltaic power systems
- Identify and list the components
- Electrical equipments handling & its function
- Mechanical equipments and its function
- Site survey and evaluation of various environmental parameters
- site condition effects on solar PV panel electrical outputs -
- shadow effects
- South Direction, azimuth angle, Sun path
- mounting system, tracking system
- System Test & Commissioning
- electrical cabling and connections fitted to solar PV panels
- Identify BoS components: inverter types, MPPTs, junction boxes, cables.
- identify different types of faults in the solar photovoltaic systems
- Site Operation and Maintenance Job
- Occupational health and safety process
Professional Skills:
You can able to:- operate/use different tools used in installation work
- Fill report form, make documentation
- Communicate with supervisor and co ordinate with co workers
- work as a team member for achieving quality work/customer satisfaction
- Understand company's policies and needs
IST can provide skill training to do the job role as:
- Conducting on-site routine maintenance, service, trouble shooting and repair of commercial and residential photovoltaic equipment
- Identifies problems and develops corrective action plans
- Cleaning of solar panels, Tightening all electrical connections, Line Accessories
- Checking module interconnection, Junction boxes, Module mouting structure for loosening/arching
- Work directly with client personnel and, as directed, third-party vendors to support project component (trackers, inverters, balance of plant equipment) installation, commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance
- Provide timely written review reports from field operation, status, and constructive feedback to supervisor as requested
- Communicate effectively with Client and third-party vendors and actively participate in meeting reviews to provide technical feedback of field operations
- Record and report all faults, deficiencies, and other unusual occurrences, as well as the time and materials expended on work orders. Responsible for all required repairs, maintenance, and monitoring of all warranty claims
- Ensures that all plant activities are carried out in compliance with regulations, laws, policies and procedures governing health, safety and environmental matters
- Submits plant reports including the daily and weekly production reports and provides necessary input for the Monthly Operations Reports
Course Fee:
Course Fee for Indian Students
Course Fee for Home Study: Rs.14950/- including Service Tax & examination fee.
Pay Total Course Fee at the time of Registration/admission.
Become PV Solar Expert with Verified Skill Certification
1. An Autonomous Institute registered under NCT, Govt. of India under Indian Trust Act.
2. Registered Under NGO-DARPAN, NITI Aayog Govt. of India
3. ISO 9001:2015 registered Educational Trust
4. Certificate can APOSTILLE from Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India to get job abroad India.
5. Organisational Member of Solar Energy Society of India, (the Indian Section of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES))
6. Institute of Solar Technology Registered under Intellectual Property India, Govt. of India
7. Registered under 80G and 12A and CSR Act, Govt. of India
8. Fully organised Practical and Research Lab at GATE Trust Howrah, West Bengal
9. GATE Research - Research unit of Global Advanced Training and Educational Trust. You can Write & Publish a Review/Research paper,
Offline classroom class Aug - 2025 at Howrah (Kolkata), West Bengal
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Detailed explanations of calculations and proper details of the installations session was helpful. Good Course.
- Juhi Marwadi,Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Marketing, PIXON ENERGY LIMITED
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Thanks IST, we could learn and do this course during the lockdown. The teaching method that I have found most useful thus far in the course - Online teaching with diagrams ,E-library books and class video
- Deepti Garhia,New Delhi, Delhi, India
Teacher at Army/ Navy School
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It is the good institute and good training course.
- Amitkumar Mandavkar,Asst Manager at HPCL
Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitkumar-mandavkar-79406a3a/
The course was good overall. Someone who is a layman can start their solar journey from Institute of Solar Technology (IST) to do business and to think as an entrepreneur
- Piyush Nahar,Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/piyush-nahar-46b390102/
Got a better understanding of PV Technology, received insights about the solar industry & market currently, was motivated to work in this field, overall good experience while putting the first step into solar technology
- Jigisha Mavlankar,Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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