last updated 14th April 05
By 4ecotips

Photovoltaic systems for domestic dwellings

The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) has recently gained the status of City and Guilds accredited training centre, and will be running its first City and Guilds course ‘Solar Electrical Installation for Professionals’ on 9-13 May. CAT is one of the few educational establishments in the UK to run the course and will repeat the course later in the year on 26 – 30 September.

The new course is intended for qualified electricians who wish to install grid connected Photovoltaic (PV) systems onto a domestic dwelling. Both the theoretical and practical elements of PV installation are covered, and on successful completion of the course, participants will receive the City and Guilds certificate in installing domestic photovoltaic systems 2372.

Developed by IT Power, CREST, TNEI and ISPQ with the support of the Carbon Trust, the course was trialled last year and is a recent addition to the huge list of qualifications that City and Guilds, the leading provider of vocational qualifications in the UK, offer.

The Centre for Alternative Technology is ideally qualified to be a City & Guilds training centre. Founded in 1974 and situated in Mid Wales, CAT is a display and education centre offering practical ideas and information on environmentally sound practices. The centre has been providing practical courses for 25 years and the course staff have many years of 'hands on’ experience, backed up by academic expertise in their subjects.

Further City and Guilds courses will be available in the future, particularly as part of the broader education programme we plan to offer in our new educational complex, WISE (Wales Institute for Sustainable Education), which opens late 2006.

All courses at CAT include full board. For further information, visit the website www.cat.org.uk/ or to book a place, email courses@cat.org.uk or telephone: 01654 705981.