Solar Training Equipment Upgrades – New Materials at Florida’s Dedicated Advanced Solar Training College
Fort Lauderdale, FL – The US Solar Institute (USSI), South Florida and The Caribbean’s only licensed and dedicated solar training college, has yet again upped its game in the hands on, beginner and advanced solar education program. USSI has made a significant investment in the purchasing and procuring more state-of-the-art lab tools for its students. The school will now offer more education stations and allow students to get more hands on training on different type of system installations after its latest round of solar training equipment upgrade.
After acquiring the newest equipment from different manufacturers, the students will now be exposed to the latest and greatest in the ever expanding solar industry. String inverters, such as SMA, have gone through many changes over the years. For example, they went from being single MPPT, transformer-based inverters, to triple MPPT, transformer-less inverters. USSI has different types of technologies; the old AND the new. The purpose of the old is to show students how to service the old technology in the event that a long-standing customer needs to service his 10-year old unit. The new technology is meant to show students how to handle the new equipment.
The school takes a conscientious approach towards student safety. The equipment used during the lab portion of the solar training program is dummy (or mock) equipment. It looks and feels the same as a real unit, but it is not operational and no live current goes through it. This is meant to maintain a high safety standard for students who are not well versed in electrical safety.
US Solar Institute is licensed by the Florida Department of Education Commission for Independent Education. Its program consists of 4 classes, of which only one is in an online format. The other classes are hands on, week-long courses that range from beginner to advanced. The last course is an “on-the-job” training where students are taken to live, engineered, and permitted project sites and participate in a real-world installation scenario. One thing is being in a controlled environment with fans and shades, and another is being on top of a Florida roof carrying 40 lb. solar panels. It is this type of training that makes US Solar Institute so unique; it tries to give the most real training possible.
“We are proud to undergo this new upgrade in the program. The equipment we have is still very relevant in the industry, as many existing systems have older technologies. But what about the new installations? We can’t allow our students to fall behind the industry. This new acquisition makes sure that we are still relevant and our students are very well prepared to join the highly technical solar industry.” Said Jose Gonzalez, US Solar Institute’s entrance administrator.
For any more questions, please contact US Solar Institute at 954-236-4577. They can also be reached at info@ussolarinstitute.com. If you would like a campus visit, the physical address is 1024 NE 43rd Ct, Oakland Park, FL 33334.