Thirty graded diagnostic labs built around the way faults actually present on Australian rooftops and hybrid systems — string faults, inverter shutdowns, export limits and battery behaviour — for licensed electricians and service technicians.
Read this as the honest version: what each authority actually requires, and which part of the curriculum prepares you for it. Where the answer is 'nothing substitutes for this', we say so.
| Authority | Credential | What it requires | What the Academy builds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Energy Council (Solar Accreditation Australia) | Grid-connect design and install accreditation | An unrestricted electrical licence, completion of the recognised grid-connect design and install units, and ongoing CPD to stay accredited. | Design intent, commissioning discipline and fault diagnosis to work behind the accreditation — not the accredited units themselves. |
| State electrical regulators | Electrical licence | A current licence in the state or territory where you work. Unlicensed electrical work is an offence. | Technical judgment applied within your licence. It is not a pathway to one. |
| Standards Australia | AS/NZS 5033 (PV array installation) | Array installation, earthing, isolation and labelling to the current standard. | Earthing and bonding, DC isolation, protection and labelling lessons in the electrical-install cluster. |
| Standards Australia | AS/NZS 4777.2 (grid connection of inverters) | Inverter settings, protection and export configuration to the current region settings. | Inverter behaviour, grid-protection trip interpretation, and export/limit fault diagnosis. |
| DCCEEW / Solar Victoria and state schemes | Rebate-eligible installation | Accredited installer sign-off and compliant documentation for the scheme claimed. | The commissioning and handover pack cluster — records that survive an audit. |
Requires: An unrestricted electrical licence, completion of the recognised grid-connect design and install units, and ongoing CPD to stay accredited.
Academy builds: Design intent, commissioning discipline and fault diagnosis to work behind the accreditation — not the accredited units themselves.
Requires: A current licence in the state or territory where you work. Unlicensed electrical work is an offence.
Academy builds: Technical judgment applied within your licence. It is not a pathway to one.
Requires: Array installation, earthing, isolation and labelling to the current standard.
Academy builds: Earthing and bonding, DC isolation, protection and labelling lessons in the electrical-install cluster.
Requires: Inverter settings, protection and export configuration to the current region settings.
Academy builds: Inverter behaviour, grid-protection trip interpretation, and export/limit fault diagnosis.
Requires: Accredited installer sign-off and compliant documentation for the scheme claimed.
Academy builds: The commissioning and handover pack cluster — records that survive an audit.
Requirements change and vary locally. Confirm current requirements directly with the authority before you apply or take on work.
Most technicians do not fail on knowledge. They fail on method — what to check first, and what never to touch until it is proven dead.
Terminations, mounting, meter handling and equipment familiarity are learned by doing them under supervision on real hardware. Keep doing that.
Thirty marked scenarios tell you exactly where your reasoning cost time, safety or money — feedback a busy site supervisor rarely has time to give.
A certificate of completion, plus commissioning and handover documents you can attach to real jobs. A training credential, not a licence.
Published figures where providers publish them, described honestly where they do not. We are not pretending these are the same product.
| Option | Typical cost | Time | Includes | Does not include |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSES — Grid-Connected PV Systems Design and InstallSource: GSES course page | A$2,695 | Self-paced online plus 2 days face-to-face | Accreditation-pathway units with a practical component | Electrical licence, CEC accreditation fees, travel |
| PMV — Solar Grid Connect PV (Design + Install)Source: PMV course page | A$2,450 (Perth) / A$2,595 (Adelaide) | 4 days | Face-to-face design and install training at a national training centre | Electrical licence, accreditation fees, travel and lost billable days |
| EcoPowerHub Academy — Solar Technical Training | US$997 one-time | Self-paced, lifetime access | 16 modules, 30 graded diagnostic labs, four-stage hybrid capstone, commissioning and service report templates, certificate of completion | Supervised site hours, hands-on equipment time, and the authority's own exam or practical assessment. It is not a CEC accreditation pathway. |
Self-paced online plus 2 days face-to-face
Includes: Accreditation-pathway units with a practical component
Does not include: Electrical licence, CEC accreditation fees, travel
Source: GSES course page4 days
Includes: Face-to-face design and install training at a national training centre
Does not include: Electrical licence, accreditation fees, travel and lost billable days
Source: PMV course pageSelf-paced, lifetime access
Includes: 16 modules, 30 graded diagnostic labs, four-stage hybrid capstone, commissioning and service report templates, certificate of completion
Does not include: Supervised site hours, hands-on equipment time, and the authority's own exam or practical assessment. It is not a CEC accreditation pathway.
Accreditation-pathway course prices are as published by each provider and may change. CITB/CTF subsidies quoted by providers are not included above. Figures last checked 14 August 2026; confirm current prices with each provider. These are different products — a licence fee, a mandatory safety course and a diagnostic training track are not substitutes for one another.
One enrolment, lifetime access to the track. Charged in USD, with an indicative local figure so you can compare against local options.
≈ Australia: AUD 1,515 — indicative only. You are charged in USD, so your bank or card rate applies.
Enrolling a crew? We invoice companies directly with your billing details and tax number on the invoice — no card needed. Discounts apply from three technicians upward.
Same standard, different job.
For owners, service managers and supervisors: setting the standard, placing technicians honestly, supervising without micromanaging and cutting callbacks.
The leadership workshop module, read through the Australia market: distributed energy, community solar, VPPs and regional coordination.
Sealed systems, control board reasoning and first-visit fix discipline. Live now on FixGrid Academy at $395 for the core program and $695 for the full program.
Working elsewhere? The global solar technician training guide maps the certification path region by region, and the full curriculum lists every module and lab.
EcoPowerHub Academy training is designed to help learners meet, or closely align with, the knowledge and practice expected by the Clean Energy Council / Solar Accreditation Australia, your state electrical regulator, and AS/NZS 5033 and 4777. It is written against published requirements and current field practice, and is reviewed as those requirements change.