Footprint Project Volunteer Training - Solar Smart Hands (Module 2)
About this course
If you are taking this module as a Footprint Project volunteer, please download and save your certificate upon completion.
About Footprint Project: Our mission is to help build back greener after disasters by providing cleaner energy to communities in crisis. Learn more about our work and get involved at www.footprintproject.org!
Solar Smart Hands (Module 2) takes beginning volunteers through a few presentations:
2.1 What Is a Solar Generator?
2.2 What Can a Solar Generator Power?
2.3 Solar Generator Basic Safety
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the Components Within a Solar Generator
- Awareness of the Various Types of Solar Generators
- Defining/Understanding Solar Generators
- Defining a Microgrid and How it Relates to Solar Generators
- Understand Feasible Use/Applications of Solar Generators When Compared to Loads
- Understanding of Safety Risks in Working on Site and Around Solar Generators
Course outline
Welcome • 1 assignments
Orientation Materials
- Overview of Solar Smart Hands Volunteer Training
Module 1 • 2 assignments
What is a solar generator?
- What Is a Solar Generator? (10:25 minutes)
- Quiz: What Is a Solar Generator
Module 2 • 2 assignments
What Can Solar Generators Power?
- What Can Solar Generators Power? (13:55 minutes)
- Quiz: What Can Solar Generators Power?
Module 3 • 2 assignments
Solar Generator Safety
- Solar Generator Safety (18:39 minutes)
- Quiz: Solar Generator Safety
Conclusion • 2 assignments
Feedback and Additional Resources
- Feedback: 2-minute Exit Survey
- Certificate of Completion: Request a Certificate
Continuing Education Units
Approved for the following CEUs
- 1 Footprint Project Volunteer Credits
Authors
Riley Neugebauer
Riley brings expertise in management, communications, and solar installation. She has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Allegheny College in western PA, and a certificate in Photovoltaic System Design & Installation from San Juan College in Farmington, NM. Riley has held varied posts that range from Electrical Apprentice to Farmer to Sustainability Coordinator, and...
Footprint Project’s mission is to help #BuildBackGreener after disasters by providing cleaner energy to communities in crisis. We dispatch mobile solar stations to power disaster first response and support long-term, resilient recovery. We help relief groups integrate sustainable technologies into their missions through hands-on training, design, and deployment support....
