Installer of solar photovoltaic devices

Applicants must have at least:

• secondary vocational education acquired on the basis of the educational programme in electrical engineering or mechatronics with at least two year's work experience;
• or short vocational education acquired on the basis of the educational programme for an electrician with at least five year's work experience.

Legal basis

• Rules on the professional training and examination for installers of systems using renewable energy sources

Training is carried out in accordance with the prescribed programme.

Professional competence of installers is established by testing.

Tests of knowledge comprise theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part is carried out in writing or orally. The practical part of the test is composed of an independent implementation of a certain task and of a report on the latter.

Applicants who have passed the test are issued a certificate of professional competence for an installer of individual devices running on renewable energy sources by the training provider. A certificate of professional competence is valid for ten years of the date of its issue. To extend the validity of a certificate, applicants must undergo at least a 10-hour refresher seminar provided by training providers.

Evidence

Certificate of professional competence

Legal basis

• Rules on the professional training and examination for installers of systems using renewable energy sources