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Overview
This qualification provides competencies to design and validate/evaluate renewable energy (RE) equipment and systems, manage risk, estimate and manage projects and provide technical advice.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
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Financial help
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Government funding is not available for this course.
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Cost
Course costs can vary by provider and location. Ask your training provider for a cost estimate.
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VET Student Loans are not available
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You may need to pay for equipment or materials.
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On-the-job training
- Apprenticeships and traineeships are not available for this course.
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Entry requirements
This course has entry requirements. See more information at the National Training Register
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Duration
You complete this course when you’ve learned the skills, not after a set amount of time. The times shown are estimates.
- Qualification only:
18 months – 2 years
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Delivery options
You may be able to access this training in these ways:
Course content
This course is made up of units.
All courses have core units—these are mandatory for completing the course. Most courses also have elective units, which you can choose from to suit your needs and interests. Not all training providers offer every elective, so check with your provider to find out which electives they can offer you.
For more information about course content, talk to your training provider or visit the National Training Register.
| Unit | Unit type |
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| Apply industry and community standards to engineering activities | Core |
| Apply material science to solving electrotechnology engineering problems | Core |
| Apply physics to solving electrotechnology engineering problems | Core |
| Apply safe work practices in the rooftop solar industry | Core |
| Compile and produce an energy sector detailed report | Core |
| Conduct site survey for grid-connected photovoltaic and battery storage systems | Core |
| Conduct site survey for off-grid photovoltaic/generating set systems | Core |
| Coordinate maintenance of renewable energy (RE) apparatus and systems | Core |
| Develop design briefs for electrotechnology projects | Core |
| Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures | Core |
| Install battery storage to power conversion equipment | Core |
| Install photovoltaic systems to power conversion equipment | Core |
| Maintain renewable energy (RE) apparatus | Core |
| Manage renewable energy (RE) projects | Core |
| Manage risk in electrotechnology activities | Core |
| Plan renewable energy (RE) projects | Core |
| Provide engineering solutions for problems in complex multiple path circuits | Core |
| Provide engineering solutions to problems in complex polyphase power circuits | Core |
| Provide solutions to basic engineering computational problems | Core |
| Write specifications for renewable energy engineering projects | Core |
| Analyse materials for suitability in electrical equipment | Elective |
| Analyse static and dynamic parameters of electrical equipment | Elective |
| Apply methods to maintain currency of industry developments | Elective |
| Assemble, enter and verify operating instructions in microprocessor equipped devices | Elective |
| Assess energy loads and uses for energy efficiency in commercial facilities | Elective |
| Assess energy loads and uses for energy efficiency in industrial properties and enterprises | Elective |
| Assess household energy use and efficiency improvements | Elective |
| Carry out low voltage electrical field testing and report findings | Elective |
| Contribute to risk management in electrotechnology systems | Elective |
| Coordinate the design of micro-grid renewable energy systems | Elective |
| Coordinate the installation, fault finding and repair of micro grid systems | Elective |
| Design effective and efficient lighting for public, open and sports areas | Elective |
| Design electrical installations with a low voltage demand greater than 400 A per phase | Elective |
| Design energy management controls for electrical installations in buildings | Elective |
| Design grid-connected photovoltaic power supply systems | Elective |
| Design micro-hydro systems | Elective |
| Design off-grid photovoltaic/generating set systems | Elective |
| Design renewable energy heating systems | Elective |
| Design switchboards rated for high fault levels (greater than 400 A) | Elective |
| Design wind energy systems | Elective |
| Develop and test code for microcontroller devices | Elective |
| Develop compliance policies and plans to conduct an electrical contracting business | Elective |
| Develop detailed and complex drawings for electrical systems using CAD systems | Elective |
| Develop detailed electrical drawings | Elective |
| Develop effective engineering strategies for energy reduction in buildings | Elective |
| Develop engineering solutions to renewable energy (RE) problems | Elective |
| Develop strategies to address sustainability issues for electrical installations | Elective |
| Develop, enter and verify discrete control programs for programmable controllers | Elective |
| Develop, enter and verify programs in supervisory control and data acquisition systems | Elective |
| Develop, enter and verify word and analogue control programs for programmable logic controllers | Elective |
| Diagnose and rectify faults in renewable energy (RE) control systems | Elective |
| Establish innovative work environments | Elective |
| Estimate electrotechnology projects | Elective |
| Facilitate continuous improvement | Elective |
| Identify and isolate multiple supply systems | Elective |
| Identify, shut down and restart systems with alternate supplies | Elective |
| Implement information and knowledge management systems | Elective |
| Install and commission whole current electricity meters | Elective |
| Install and replace low voltage current transformer metering | Elective |
| Manage contract variations | Elective |
| Manage people performance | Elective |
| Manage team effectiveness | Elective |
| Operate application software packages | Elective |
| Plan electrical installations with a low voltage demand up to 400 A per phase | Elective |
| Plan electrotechnology projects | Elective |
| Plan low voltage switchboard and control panel layouts | Elective |
| Prepare electrotechnology/utilities drawings using manual drafting and CAD equipment and software | Elective |
| Prepare engineering drawings using manual drafting and CAD for electrotechnology applications | Elective |
| Prepare tender submissions for electrotechnology projects | Elective |
| Produce detailed electrotechnology/utilities drawings using CAD equipment and software | Elective |
| Provide engineering solutions for uses of materials and thermodynamic effects | Elective |
| Repairs basic electronic apparatus faults by replacement of components | Elective |
| Select low voltage power factor correction equipment | Elective |
| Set up and place LV electrical apparatus and associated circuits into service | Elective |
| Troubleshoot single phase input d.c power supplies | Elective |
| Use advanced computational processes to provide solutions to energy sector engineering problems | Elective |
| Use engineering applications software on personal computers | Elective |
Training providers delivering Advanced Diploma of Renewable Energy Engineering
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