OHIO – Cincinnati
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
10100 Reading Rd Campus
Cincinnati OH 45241
Contact/Workforce Development Center Business Manager: Larry Cherveny
e-mail: larry.cherveny@cincinnatstate.edu
Tele. (513) 569-1497

Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
3520 Central Parkway Campus
Cincinnati, OH 45223
Contact/Instructor: Larry Feist
e-mail: larry.feist@cincinnatistate.edu

•Electronic Devices: Renewable Energy Systems: (40 contact hours/ 3 credit hours) An overview of electronic devices used in renewable energy systems. Topics include binary circuits, analog to digital and digital to analog conversion, magnetic, generators, batteries, power efficiencies, and data collection programming.
•Photovoltaic Systems: (40 contact hours/ 2 credit hours) An overview of solar photovoltaic systems. Topics include PV applications, solar electric fundamentals, system components, sizing systems, system designs, performance analysis and troubleshooting, along with hands-on system installation.
Both classes are instructor led with approximately half lecture and half lab.

OHIO – Nelsonville
Hocking College
3301 Hocking Parkway
Nelsonville, OH 45764
Contact: Jerrold Hutton
e-mail: hutton_j@hocking.edu
Tele. (740) 753-7035

Introduction to Solar Power: Traditional classroom with hands-on experience in a lab setting. We also have access to two working solar installations at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio.


OHIO – Toledo
Owens Community College
Tracy Road
P.O. Box 10,000
Toledo, OH 43699-1947
Contact/Instructor(s): Joe Peschel, John Witte
e-mail: joseph_peschel@owens.edu
Tele. (567) 661-7163

Photovoltaic Principles and Applications Training Program: This 5 day training program for PV installers/integrators includes classroom and hands-on workshop. The course covers the basics in electricity, the characteristics of PV systems and theory and includes system sizing and construction, codes and standards, siting and design, battery safety, interconnection safety, troubleshooting, and maintenance. The workshop will include the design and installation of a grid-tied PV system. Installation practices of project management, adapting mechanical and electrical design, and system commissioning will also be discussed. Various inverters, PV modules, batteries and data information systems will be installed and operated.


OHIO – Warrensville Heights
The Green Academy and Center for Sustainability
@ Tri-C Corporate College
Division of Cuyahoga Community College
4400 Richmond Rd
Warrensville Hts., OH 44128
Contact: Leo Russo
e-mail: leo.russo@tri-c.edu
Tele. (216) 987-2864

PV Basics: The workshop series will focus on the design and installation of solar electric technology systems, targeting electricians, contractors, related trades and union members, facility managers, renewable energy installers, and anyone interested in learning how to install and use solar electric technologies. Sessions cover the basics of solar electric technologies, solar resource fundamentals, applications and system components, an overview of the codes and standards associated with these technologies; information on grants, incentives, codes, and loans. The workshop series also serves as an excellent primer for the 40-hr NABCEP solar electric training.

PV Certificate Course - The NABCEP Entry Level Certificate Program is designed for those individuals who want to gain the knowledge necessary to successfully sit for the test. This course not only prepares the student for a career in photovoltaics and the NABCEP Entry Level exam, but also prepares the student to start their own solar installation business and enter the growing green economy.