ill will

From: ill will Solar 7 student after FINAL Exam.

looking at my test scores and overall you can say I need some more help on pv. I just want you to know how thankful i am ta have such a cool relaxed and smart ass teacher. I can admit that i do wonder off but I still hung in there the best i could besides all of my outside world beef but im not making excuses. Thanks for writtng that letter to the judge and keeping me in the class I really appreciate that a lot. If i need to talk to someone about solar believe me your phone will be ringing. You had faith in me more then i had in myself this class made me look at things way different. I can actually say i completed something that has to do with education i might not of been the best but I know I'm way more knowledgeable about solar.. So again thank you so much Tom Hugget

Paul L

Hi Tom,

I worked last week on my first commercial job (with Tony). It was really experience for me. Just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

I'm pretty sure I got hired because of your training and also the time I've done with Grid Alternatives. The person hiring me saw on my resume that I'd done 11 installs with 5 of them being team leader and that's what caught his eye. I recommend your future students to volenteer for them, even though they do things I would do different, you still get the experience of being on the roof, learning what type of tools you need, just all the basic stuff.

Thanks again,

Paul L
Have a great day.

Tony at SAP, Palo Alto

from Facebook to Sol Training:
Tom, We just completed our work through VEP at SAP, in Palo Alto. Some wheres of about 780 panels, on 4 separate roofs, no racking. The panels were mounted on a ballasted system and weighed down with paver stones, with no penetrations. We were informed by the GF (general foreman), we had broken records installing an array this large in 4 days (10 hours each). The good news is, there were guys working on this job that had attended both day and night solar classes at JobTrain, 6 guys. Out of these guys, the ones that attended your classes were: Steve Combs and I, Solar 5 and Paul Ledeboer, Solar 6. The key issue out on these multi-storied roofs is to stay hydrated all day long. The temperature had reached around 120 degrees in certain areas of the roof, at different times of the day; hope you feel like a proud (poppa) or instructor!.........Tony

C-46 solar license

Invent your own business with a C-46 (California solar contractors license) ~Tom
The following email post is to Steve Kennedy of Solar 6 from JB.

Steve,

I met you at the PG&E Solar Class last week.

I may have a job in Sunnyvale that could use your help. Maybe we could hire you as an independent contractor specifically for this job and see where it goes from there. We will be focusing most of our efforts out in the Dublin, Pleasanton, San Ramon area to try and build the solar business. I’m not sure you’d like to do the commute out our way.

The Sunnyvale job is a grid-tied battery backup system with a backup diesel generator. Let me know if  you know anything about these systems (ie…how to hook up a subpanel for the critical loads; how to wire up the battery system with the subpanel, the charge controller, the generator, and the inverter).

I know you are trying to break into the Solar Business. I had a thought for you that might be helpful for companies like me trying to get into the business. I myself will be going for my C-46 in the next few months. If you had your C-46 (emphasis added ~Tom), you could approach contractors and offer not only your services as a solar project manager, but you could also offer your C-46 credential that would help jumpstart their entrance into the PV market. If I’d met someone with their C-46 a year ago, and that person offered to help jumpstart my solar program, I would have jumped at the chance. Just a thought.

Regards,

JB