Solar PV 101 — Start Here (Free)
New to solar? Here is what PV installers really do, what you will earn, and how to land your first job — no experience needed.
Course description
No experience? Start here.
Course information
- Trade
- Solar
- Exam prepared for
- Beginner intro
- Format
- Self-paced online — read, quiz, timed practice exam
- Seat time
- 1.5 hours (6 lessons)
- Assessment
- 1 quizzes, 0 timed practice exams
- Prerequisites
- None — written for total beginners
- Instruction
- Written lessons with code and standard references, plus a 24/7 AI instructor in every lesson
- On completion
- Certificate of completion (not a license or a state credential)
Syllabus
7 units · 112 min- 01
What solar techs actually do
Lesson5 min
Free preview - 02
Tools and a day in the life
Lesson5 min
- 03
From no experience to NABCEP certified
Lesson21 min
- 04
Solar safety: working at height and around live DC
Lesson5 min
- 05
How a PV system actually works, end to end
Lesson26 min
- 06
Tools, the install day, and the NABCEP path
Lesson5 min
- 07
Quick check
Quiz45 min
Instructor support
Every unit opens with an instructor panel. Ask a question and the answer is grounded in that unit's text and cited back to it — the same way an instructor points you to the code article instead of guessing. Diagrams are drawn on request.
It tracks the topics you keep missing and drills them, runs timed exam simulations under real time pressure, takes voice questions and photos of your work, and teaches in Spanish.
Career prep, not a license.
Fieldora Academy provides exam preparation and trade education. Completion does not grant a state license and is not a substitute for required apprenticeship hours or board-administered exams. Always verify current requirements with your state licensing authority before you sit for an exam or accept work.
Beginner course • No payment required
- ✓ Built for total beginners — no experience needed
- ✓ Real day-in-the-life, pay, and tools
- ✓ Safety fundamentals + system basics
- ✓ Step-by-step path to licensing
- ✓ Free forever