Direct work crews installing residential or commercial solar photovoltaic or thermal systems.
<ul><li>Supervise solar installers, technicians, and subcontractors for solar installation projects to ensure compliance with safety standards.</li><li>Estimate materials, equipment, and personnel needed for residential or commercial solar installation projects.</li><li>Prepare solar installation project proposals, quotes, budgets, or schedules.</li><li>Plan and coordinate installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar and solar thermal systems to ensure conformance to codes.</li><li>Monitor work of contractors and subcontractors to ensure projects conform to plans, specifications, schedules, or budgets.</li><li>Assess potential solar installation sites to determine feasibility and design requirements.</li><li>Provide technical assistance to installers, technicians, or other solar professionals in areas such as solar electric systems, solar thermal systems, electrical systems, or mechanical systems.</li><li>Identify means to reduce costs, minimize risks, or increase efficiency of solar installation projects.</li><li>Coordinate or schedule building inspections for solar installation projects.</li><li>Perform start-up of systems for testing or customer implementation.</li><li>Assess system performance or functionality at the system, subsystem, and component levels.</li><li>Evaluate subcontractors or subcontractor bids for quality, cost, and reliability.</li><li>Visit customer sites to determine solar system needs, requirements, or specifications.</li><li>Develop and maintain system architecture, including all piping, instrumentation, or process flow diagrams.</li><li>Purchase or rent equipment for solar energy system installation.</li></ul>