Solar Technical Training

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July/August 1985
 
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Jordan Energy Institute
 155 Seven Mile Rd. N.W.
Comstock Park, MI 49321
616/784-7595

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Renewable Energy Technology: Training in the theory and use of renewable energy technologies leads to an associate degree in Applied Science.

Macomb Community College
14500 Twelve Mile Rd.
Warren, MI 48093
Attention: Bob Tucker
313/445-7465

Associate Degree Program: includes solar thermal systems, photovoltaics, energy auditing, conservation, hands-on system installation, and other renewable energy technologies.

Mohawk Valley Community College
1101 Sherman Dr.
Utica, NY 13501

Air Conditioning Technology with Solar Option: associate degree program in active and passive solar energy theory and installation; includes photovoltaics.

Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills Campus
2900 Featherstone Rd.
Auburn Heights, MI 48057
Attention: Debra Rowe
313/853-3594

Alternate Energies Technology: an associate degree program with emphasis on your choice of energy management, systems design, solar architecture, business, or special interest areas.

Solar Pay

How much you can earn as a graduate from a solar-technical or a two-year associate-degree program probably depends morc on your own initiative and inclination than it does on the education itself; still, the certificate or diploma does open the door to possibilities. When we asked the directors of some of the programs included in this article what their graduates were earning, we received answers indicating a wide range of compensation. Some graduates are working on construction crews; individual wages vary from $4.75 per hour as a carpenter's apprentice in Maine to $8 an hour as an installer in North Carolina. One 22 yearold Colorado Mountain College graduate is already a foreman, making $12 per hour. Another is doing solar consulting work for $15 to $20 per hour. On the average, though, most graduates of training programs are employed by contractors doing solar installation work and are making $6 to $10 per hour. Two-year graduates, on the other hand, are more likely to be involved in directing such projects or working with consumers, and their pay is commensurately higher.

Orange Coast College
 P.O. Box 5005
Costa Mesa, CA 92628-0120
Attention: Marius Cucurny
714/432-0202

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