Entry-Level Solar Installer

Salary Range

$35k -$48k/year

per year

Experience Required

1-3 years

Job Description

  • Assemble and mount photovoltaic systems on roofs or other structures in compliance with system design schematics for residential, commercial, and utility-scale solar projects
  • With short-term training, assemble solar modules, panels, or support structures
  • Identify methods for laying out, orienting, and mounting modules or arrays to ensure efficient installation
  • Work in teams to install PV systems in accordance with codes and standards using drawings, schematics, and instructions?
  • Apply weather sealing to array, building, or support mechanisms.

Required Skills

Fundamentals of solar PV

Familiarity with basic practices and procedures in PV installation

Basic construction skills, mechanical, and electrical

Basic math skills

Ability to follow directions

Excellent communications

Ability to work at heights

Ability to climb ladders with heavy equipment

Visual color discrimination

Driver's license

May be required to pass a drug test

Required Education

  • Construction experience, sometimes on-the-job training offered by larger firms

Local Education Programs

MCC: Blueprint Reading Basics CERT.

Rochester Construction Training Center: Construction Training Program

Boces 2: Electrical for Construction Cert.

Local Positions

Empire Solar Solutions: Solar Panel Installer & Roofer

PlugPV: Solar Installer

GreenSpark: Solar Installer