Solar PV Practitioner Course
Six concentrated weeks on array layout, string sizing, mounting systems, and commissioning checks for rooftop and ground-mount PV.
Course outline
Birchfield Renewable Energy Engineering School
Diploma and short courses in renewable energy engineering — taught with workshop bays, a live training array, and site days across the Tees Valley.
Flagship programme
A full year grounded in generation, storage, and site judgement
The Renewable Energy Engineering Diploma combines classroom modules with supervised lab work and three assessed surveys — built for adults entering design support, installation assistance, or site-engineering roles.
Renewable Energy Engineering Diploma
Thirty-six weeks from September, capped by workshop bay capacity. Tuition from £8,450, with materials kits and awarding-body fees listed at enrolment.
You leave with a portfolio of site packs, inverter and heat-pump practice hours, and a clear sense of where your strengths sit — design, survey, or hands-on systems work.
Diploma details
Also on offer
Shorter courses for focused craft
Electricians, heating engineers, and advisors often join a single block before committing to the full diploma year.
Heat Pump Engineering Workshop
Hands-on study of air-source and ground-source systems, emitter matching, and domestic retrofit constraints common in northern England housing stock.
Course outline
Energy Systems Site Assessment Training
Field-led training in measuring loads, shading, fabric performance, and writing clear recommendations for homeowners and small commercial sites.
Course outline
How teaching works
Measure on site, argue the numbers, then build the habit
Programmes follow the rhythm of real renewables work: morning theory, afternoon bay practice, and scheduled field days where shade, fabric, and access interrupt tidy diagrams.
Tutors come from installation, survey, and plant-room backgrounds. Assessment rewards clear reports for non-specialist readers as much as correct arithmetic.
How programmes are structured
From recent cohorts
What learners notice when the work gets specific
“The assessed site surveys were harder than I expected — my first shading diagram needed a full redraw — but the tutors stayed with the detail until the report made sense to a homeowner.”
“I already fitted boilers for years. The workshop forced me to confront undersized radiators instead of blaming the outdoor unit, which changed how I quote retrofit jobs.”
“String sizing finally clicked when we built a mock array on the campus ground mount. I still double-check voltage windows twice on every design.”
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