Revised June 8, 2009
IMPORTANT UPDATE – The new registration date and time is now Thursday, June 11, 2009 at approximately 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. This change was necessary to provide additional notification to interested students when college administrators learned that the previous email was stopped by certain spam filters.
Thank you for your patience and understanding in waiting for the much anticipated Sierra College Energy Technology - Photovoltaic’s program to begin. Please be advised that this is your official notification to register for the ESS 30, Fundamentals of Photovoltaic’s course. Registration for the course sections will begin on Thursday, June 11, at approximately 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. Students registering enroll on a first-come, first-served basis.
Be sure to carefully follow these directions:
- Go to the Sierra College website http://www.sierracollege.edu
- Select My Sierra /Log in
- Enter User Name/Password
- Select “Schedule of Classes"
- Select the “Fall 2009"
- Select Term
- Select subject – “ESS” (Environmental Studies and Sustainability)
- Locate and write down the CRN number that you want to register for – see below for the three choices of course sections
- Close out the CRN window
- Select "Add or Drop Classes” and follow the prompts for Fall 2009 Registration.
Available Course Sections:
- ESS 30 section will be held in Grass Valley Mon. & Wed. – 4:30 to 7:40 p.m. (Specific address listed on college web site.)
- ESS 30 section will be held at Sierra College Roseville Gateway on Mon. & Wed. – 4:30 to 7:40 p.m.
- ESS 30 section will be held at Sierra College Roseville Gateway on Tues. & Thurs. &ndash 4:30 to 7:40 p.m.
Please be aware that we have received over 450 inquiries about the new Energy Technology - Photovoltaics program. Given constraints of laboratory facility sizes and instructor availability, class sizes will be smaller than standard in this program. We wish that we could accommodate more students.
If you are not able to enroll for one of the ESS 30 course sections, we provide the following information.
Alternative Sierra College courses beneficial for a person interested in a career in photovoltaics:
- CTR 60 Residential House Wiring and Codes (Rocklin)
- CTR 44 Conventional Framing (Rocklin)
- EST 1 Technical Drafting (Rocklin, Tahoe-Truckee)
- EST 2 Technical Drafting II (Rocklin)
- EST 5 Computer Aided Drafting (Rocklin)
- EST 20 Architectural Drawing I (Rocklin)
- ENG 22A Engineering Drawing and CAD (Rocklin)
- Courses from the Business Entrepreneurship program/certificate also would be beneficial if students are hoping to start their own solar business (Rocklin, NCC)
Future Sierra College Energy Technology – Photovoltaics course offerings:
- Spring 2010:
- ESS 32, Design and Installation of Photovoltaics* – 1 section at Roseville Gateway and 1 section in Grass Valley
- Fall 2010:
- ESS 30, Introduction to Photovoltaics – 2 sections (Roseville Gateway); 1 section (NCC)
- ESS 34, Advanced Design and Installation of Photovoltaics – 1 section (Roseville Gateway)
- Spring 2011:
- ESS 30 – 1 section (location to be determined)
- ESS 32 – 2 sections (one, Roseville Gateway; 1 NCC)
*Please note that during the first year of this new program, ESS 30 will not be offered in the spring semester.
Other Providers of Photovoltaics Education:
- American River College http://www.arc.losrios.edu/
- Diablo Valley College http://www.dvc.edu/
- Short courses provided by area solar companies
Information is also available from professional associations such as:
- http://www.acore.org/front American Council On Renewable Energy
- http://ases.org/ American Solar Energy Society
- http://calseia.org/ California Solar Energy Industries Association
- http://www.nabcep.org/ National American Board of Certified Energy Practioners
- http://www.norcalsolar.org/ Northern California Solar Energy Association
- http://www.solarelectricpower.org/ Solar Electric Power Association
- http://www.seia.org/ Solar Energy Industries Association
- http://www.sbicouncil.org/ Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
The web site for Sierra College’s Energy Technology program is updated with useful information on a regular basis. Consider monitoring this information at www.sierraenergytech.com.
Again, we appreciate your interest in Sierra College and the Energy Technology program.