QCTO & SAPVIA accredited
Get qualified to install solar properly.
Career-ladder courses, safety bolt-ons, QCTO qualifications and the PV Green Card, at Midrand and Cape Town.
- Students trained a year
- 100+
- QCTO-accredited college
- 1
- Training centres
- 2
- Courses & qualifications
- 33+
Programmes
Choose your pathway.
Four programme families, one career ladder. Every course is mentor-validated and portfolio-based, proving capability, not just attendance.
Academy Core Courses
The REIASA career ladder, from Solar Fundamentals & Installation Assistant to Microgrid Design & Industry Governance.
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Safety Bolt-Ons
Standalone statutory safety courses: First Aid, Fall Arrest, LOTO, battery fire safety and more. Attach them to a course or take them alone.
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QCTO Qualifications & Skills Programmes
Occupational qualifications and credit-bearing skills programmes, with articulation pathways from the Academy core courses.
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Short Courses & PV Green Card
PV Green Card preparation, Commercial PV Design Masterclass, Solar Basics online, EV Charging Infrastructure and Wind Energy Fundamentals.
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How the training runs
Four stages, classroom to rooftop.
Every course moves through the same four stages, so you always know what you are working towards next.
- Stage 01
Learn
Start with product foundations, system principles, safety requirements and the standards that guide reliable solar work.
- Stage 02
Practise
Work with real equipment through guided installation, commissioning and fault-finding exercises.
- Stage 03
Assess
Demonstrate practical understanding through structured tasks, observation and recognised assessment pathways.
- Stage 04
Install
Take stronger technical confidence back to the field and deliver safer, cleaner and more dependable installations.
Classroom + workplace
How our courses work.
Focused classroom days combined with real-world workplace evidence on live installations under mentor oversight.
- Classroom days
- Face-to-face theory, demonstrations, simulations and assessed practicals.
- Work module
- Real installations under mentor oversight, with portfolio evidence collection.
- Total duration
- The calendar window within which both must be completed.
Product training
Learn the brands you’ll actually fit.
Product-specific sessions across the modules, inverters and batteries GC Solar distributes, the same hardware standing in our training centres.
Course material
The manuals we teach from.
Datasheets, gateway manuals and warranty documents for the hardware on the training floor. Take them with you.
- PDF
Microinverter warranty, EMEA
Download : Microinverter warranty, EMEA - PDF
APstorage PCS warranty, EMEA
Download : APstorage PCS warranty, EMEA - PDF
APstorage ELT-15 datasheet
Download : APstorage ELT-15 datasheet - PDF
DS3 series datasheet
Download : DS3 series datasheet
Where we train
Two centres.
Pick the centre that suits you, both run the full programme.
Training centre · Midrand
Midrand head office and training centre
N1 Business Park, 6 Slate Avenue, Samrand Business Park, Midrand, 1684
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Cape Town office and training centre
13 Tanzanite Crescent, Kraaifontein, Cape Town, 7550
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Funding and recognition
Pathways, recognition and support.
Accredited learning, plus the funding routes that can cover it.
QCTO accredited college
Our college is accredited to deliver and assess recognised solar qualifications.
PV Green Card pathway
Train towards the certification the industry asks for before it lets you on a roof.
EWSETA and MERSETA funding
Already have solar experience? You may qualify for funded training or recognition of prior learning.
GC Solar training
Start your training enquiry.
Tell us which programme and centre you have in mind and the training team will come back with dates, pricing and the entry requirements. Or email info@gcsolar.co.za.
Rather talk to someone?
- Midrand 012 030 1166
- Cape Town 021 000 2902
- info@gcsolar.co.za