July 15-19 Solar Electric (Photovoltaics) Certification Workshop with Free PV Array Building on Day
(Possible Optional Installation on July 20, 8-5 p.m. lunch included).
Three times as many people now work in solar (in the US) than in the coal industry. Solar employment exceeds all those working in the oil and gas extraction industry - combined. And employment is growing at about 25% per year.
Solar electric will dominate technology in the coming decades in ways similar to how desktop computers and the Internet transformed our society over the past three decades. Prices continue to plummet - the price of a system cut in half every three years.
This PV course is designed for beginners, so experience with electric or electronics is not necessary. In this class you will gain practical real world hands-on experience and will be job ready to join one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S.
You will practice on a working PV system, dismantling and reinstalling it, troubleshooting and ensuring its proper opera- tion. You will learn how to integrate battery backup as well as become familiar with the latest emerging PV technologies. You will also learn the various options - such as grid-tied, stand-alone, micro-inverters and power optimizers. The course concludes with an industry-recognized certification examination.
The $970 Registration Includes: instruction, textbook (‘Understanding Photovoltaics: A Study Guide for Solar Electric Certification Programs’); starter tool kit; lunches; and the ETA Photovoltaic Installer certification exam.
Stay at Quiet Creek--$175 yurt lodging and meals

“This training was one of the best theory and hands-on training I have ever received and as a result I have built my second 10 kW solar generator based on the instructions I received.”
This course will focus on:
• Basic Principles and Concepts of Power
• Basic Principles and Concepts of Photovoltaics • The Economics of Photovoltaics
• Photovoltaic System Options and Components • Standard system configurations
• Site assessment
• Designing a PV system
• Battery Systems
• System Installation
• Permits and Required Agreements
• Testing and Commissioning the System
• System Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Qualifies for 35 hours of Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) – related training Continuing
Professional Development Education hours
If interested, you are welcome to lodge and enjoy breakfast and dinner with us. Over the intensive, you will enjoy a unique immersion experience as you absorb all the beauty and knowledge that Quiet Creek has to offer. Quiet Creek is an alcohol and smoke free environment with lodging that is rustic and primitive; accommodations on the farm will be a yurt or your own tent (all yurt dwellers will keep the fire going) and a hot shower is available in the barn classroom/shop. Please bring your bedding for lodging (sleeping bags, pillow, and sleeping pad) (yoga mats are available) Delicious, locally and sustainably raised meals will be provided throughout the intensive.
All electrical energy needed for the intensive will be produced on site with the solar array and wind turbine, hot water is heated by biomass, and all waste produced on site will be composted!
Cost: $175 which includes four dinners (Mon-Thurs) and four breakfasts (Tues-Fri), and four nights of creative lodging (Monday-Thursday). Attention: This workshop is limited to 10 students, so sign up early. If you stay over for the optional day (To Be Determined) no charge for Friday night's lodging and/or meals on June 19 lodging and June 20 meals.
Rusty, Claire, Walker and Ashton Orner, owners and stewards of Quiet Creek (a non-profit farm), will be your hosts for this workshop.
Send check to:
Quiet Creek Herb Farm
93 Quiet Creek Lane
Brookville, PA 15825
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/QCHerbFarm
www.quietcreekherbfarm.org
Three times as many people now work in solar (in the US) than in the coal industry. Solar employment exceeds all those working in the oil and gas extraction industry - combined. And employment is growing at about 25% per year.
Solar electric will dominate technology in the coming decades in ways similar to how desktop computers and the Internet transformed our society over the past three decades. Prices continue to plummet - the price of a system cut in half every three years.
(Possible Optional Installation on July 20, 8-5 p.m. lunch included).
Three times as many people now work in solar (in the US) than in the coal industry. Solar employment exceeds all those working in the oil and gas extraction industry - combined. And employment is growing at about 25% per year.
Solar electric will dominate technology in the coming decades in ways similar to how desktop computers and the Internet transformed our society over the past three decades. Prices continue to plummet - the price of a system cut in half every three years.
This PV course is designed for beginners, so experience with electric or electronics is not necessary. In this class you will gain practical real world hands-on experience and will be job ready to join one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S.
You will practice on a working PV system, dismantling and reinstalling it, troubleshooting and ensuring its proper opera- tion. You will learn how to integrate battery backup as well as become familiar with the latest emerging PV technologies. You will also learn the various options - such as grid-tied, stand-alone, micro-inverters and power optimizers. The course concludes with an industry-recognized certification examination.
The $970 Registration Includes: instruction, textbook (‘Understanding Photovoltaics: A Study Guide for Solar Electric Certification Programs’); starter tool kit; lunches; and the ETA Photovoltaic Installer certification exam.
Stay at Quiet Creek--$175 yurt lodging and meals

“This training was one of the best theory and hands-on training I have ever received and as a result I have built my second 10 kW solar generator based on the instructions I received.”
This course will focus on:
• Basic Principles and Concepts of Power
• Basic Principles and Concepts of Photovoltaics • The Economics of Photovoltaics
• Photovoltaic System Options and Components • Standard system configurations
• Site assessment
• Designing a PV system
• Battery Systems
• System Installation
• Permits and Required Agreements
• Testing and Commissioning the System
• System Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Qualifies for 35 hours of Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) – related training Continuing
Professional Development Education hours
If interested, you are welcome to lodge and enjoy breakfast and dinner with us. Over the intensive, you will enjoy a unique immersion experience as you absorb all the beauty and knowledge that Quiet Creek has to offer. Quiet Creek is an alcohol and smoke free environment with lodging that is rustic and primitive; accommodations on the farm will be a yurt or your own tent (all yurt dwellers will keep the fire going) and a hot shower is available in the barn classroom/shop. Please bring your bedding for lodging (sleeping bags, pillow, and sleeping pad) (yoga mats are available) Delicious, locally and sustainably raised meals will be provided throughout the intensive.
All electrical energy needed for the intensive will be produced on site with the solar array and wind turbine, hot water is heated by biomass, and all waste produced on site will be composted!
Cost: $175 which includes four dinners (Mon-Thurs) and four breakfasts (Tues-Fri), and four nights of creative lodging (Monday-Thursday). Attention: This workshop is limited to 10 students, so sign up early. If you stay over for the optional day (To Be Determined) no charge for Friday night's lodging and/or meals on June 19 lodging and June 20 meals.
Rusty, Claire, Walker and Ashton Orner, owners and stewards of Quiet Creek (a non-profit farm), will be your hosts for this workshop.
Send check to:
Quiet Creek Herb Farm
93 Quiet Creek Lane
Brookville, PA 15825
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/QCHerbFarm
www.quietcreekherbfarm.org
Three times as many people now work in solar (in the US) than in the coal industry. Solar employment exceeds all those working in the oil and gas extraction industry - combined. And employment is growing at about 25% per year.
Solar electric will dominate technology in the coming decades in ways similar to how desktop computers and the Internet transformed our society over the past three decades. Prices continue to plummet - the price of a system cut in half every three years.