Entry Level Qualification 

10

Career Fields 

Mechanic & Technician

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

No Entrance Exam

About Career 

As a Solar Panel Installation Technician, you have to ensure the successful installation of solar panels for the effective functioning of a solar power generation system post-installation. You will be responsible for checking the installation site, understanding the layout requirement as per the provided design, assessing the precautionary measures that need to be taken at the time of installation of the solar panel and then fix and install the solar panels.

As a Solar Panel Installation Technician, you will be involved in the designing process of the system setup after understanding the need of the customer. You will have to analyse the right direction towards which the solar panel should face.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

As a Solar Panel Installation Technician, you will be engaged with one or more of the following roles and responsibilities:

1. You will need to understand the work requirement of individual customers and areas of operation.

2. You will be responsible for checking and assessing the site condition before the installation.

3. You will need to understand the preferences of the customer for analyzing the location and mounting of the solar panel.

4. You will need to collect the material required for the installation of a solar panel.

5. You will need to ensure the quality of the modules or parts of the panel, matches the voltage requirement.

6. You will need to ensure that high-quality materials such as modules, parts, panels, PV Cells, etc. are used.

7. You will need to make sure that the modules are stored in such a way that they are not damaged by falling-of or by any other natural/external factor.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies - ITI Training in Electrical or Mechanical field

After class 10, you may apply for an ITI Training in Electrical or Mechanical field. Then you may obtain a minimum of 6 months of preferred experience in equipment installation (but it’s not mandatory).

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies –Diploma (Polytechnic) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

​​​​​​​After class 10, you may apply fora Diploma (Polytechnic) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. After a Polytechnic Diploma, you may obtain a minimum of 6 months of preferred experience in equipment installation (but it’s not mandatory).

Required Qualification & Competencies 

After completing class 10, then you may apply for:

1. An ITI,  Training (2-year duration) , in Electrical or Mechanical field,  or

2. A 3-year Diploma (Polytechnic) in Electrical or Mechanical field.

Competencies Required

Interests

1. Investigative: You should have interests for Investigative Occupations. Investigative occupations involve working with ideas and quite a lot of thinking, often abstract or conceptual thinking. These involve learning about facts and figures; involve use of data analysis, assessment of situations, decision making and problem solving.

2. Realistic: You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment.

3. Conventional: You should have interests for Conventional Occupations. Conventional occupations involve repetitive and routine tasks as well as fixed processes or procedures for getting things done. These occupations involve working more with data, systems, and procedures and less with ideas or creativity.

Knowledge

1. Fitting, fixing, Installation, and commissioning of electrical equipment, devices, and systems: Knowledge of various techniques, methods, specifications and tools for fitting, fixing, installing, and commissioning various electrical equipment, devices, and systems.

Skills

1. Active Learning: Focused and continuous learning from various sources of information, observation and otherwise for application in getting work done.

2. Coordination: Skills in working together with other people to get things done.

3. Problem Solving: Skills in analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems and using the best option to solve the problems.

4. Supervising: Skills in Supervising and monitoring performance of others, businesses, and different projects.

5. Technical: Skills in using various technologies and technical methods to get things done or solve problems.

6. Troubleshooting: Skills in determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Abilities

1. Mechanical Reasoning: The ability to apply basic physical principles and theories to understand how mechanical objects such as tools and machinery works and the ability to understand the rules or laws governing the work of machinery, tools and bodies in motion.

2. Inter-Personal: The ability to build and maintain good relationships with others at workplaces and elsewhere.

Personality

1. You are always or mostly organized in your day-to-day life and activities.

2. You always feel secure in your surroundings and in most situations.

3. You are imaginative sometimes.

4. You prefer to experience new things and have new experiences sometimes.

5. You act independently sometimes but do not do so in some other times.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

You can get a job opportunity in a role such as:

1. Solar Panel Installation Technician

2. Sun Technicians: Solar PV Utility &/or Rooftop

3. Test and Repair Technician

4. Solar Panel Installation Staff

Some companies where you can get a job: - SolarPro, Avi Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd., PowerSun, Unipar Energy System, Enrich Energy Pvt. Ltd., Maxwatt Solar Pvt. Ltd., etc.​​​​​​​

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Work Environment

As a Solar Panel Installation Technician, you will be working for around 35 to 40 hours a week. However, sometimes you might have to work for longer hours to finish the work. You will be performing your duty from outdoor and frequently exposed to high places. You might expose to , hazardous conditions , situations , and equipment , that may, produce minor, cuts or scrapes. You will be working in very bright or very dim lighting conditions.

Career Growth

From entry-level job positions, you may grow into a team leader role managing the work of a few technicians. In medium and large scale companies, you may have a position as Service Head, Senior Technician, Junior / Senior Supervisor after 8-12 or more years of experience.

Salary Offered  

1. Salaries vary according to job profiles and the kind of facilities you get to work at.

2. In the entry-level jobs: You may get about Rs. 6,000 – Rs. 11,000 or more per month.

3. Salaries increase with your work experience and as you get promoted.

4. After having 6-12 years of experience, you may get about Rs. 10,000 – Rs. 20,000 or more per month.

5. In the senior-level jobs, with 12-20 years of work experience, you may expect to get about Rs. 15,000– Rs. 30,000 or more per month.

Monthly Earnings In Indian Rupee 

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience 

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience 

3. Mid-Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience 

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also in the near future, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and in some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job)

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

As a Solar Panel Installation Technician, you will be:

1. Installing, repairing and maintaining equipment, devices, and products - Installing, servicing, repairing, and maintaining equipment, devices, and products for usages in homes, workplaces and industrial settings.

2. Inspecting equipment, systems, structures, and materials - Inspecting equipment, systems, structures, and materials to ascertain quality, performance, defects, causes of errors, etc.

3. Communicating with customers–Communicating with potential and existing customers of your organization in writing, verbally or otherwise.

4. Getting Information and learning– Observing, hearing, reading, using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it.

5. Analyzing and interpreting data and information–Analyzing data and information to find facts, trends, reasons behind situations, etc.; interpreting data to aid in decision making.

6. Making decisions and solving problems– Analyzing data and information; evaluating alternative decisions and results of decisions; taking the right decisions and solving problems.

7. Addressing grievances and resolving conflicts– Handling complaints and grievance to resolve; resolving conflicts among co-workers or others at the workplace or outside in relation to your work.