NABCEP Credentials

HeatSpring is a NABCEP Registered PV Associate Provider and applicants for the PV Associate Exam may complete our Solar PV Boot Camp + NABCEP PV Associate Exam Prep course to fulfill the training requirements to sit for the NABCEP PV Associate exam. Upon successful completion of this course, students may submit a PV Associate Exam application along with the $150 exam fee to HeatSpring. We will then submit your application and fee to NABCEP to verify you have completed the coursework.

There are three pathways to obtaining a NABCEP Associate credential:

• Education Pathway - Successfully complete a training course with a NABCEP Associate Registered Training Provider, and pass the relevant NABCEP Associate Examination. Click here to view this class.
• Experience Pathway - Document at least six months of full-time equivalent work experience in a job that is directly involved with photovoltaics, solar heating, or small wind technologies, and pass the relevant NABCEP Associate Examination. To begin, go to NABCEP’s Apply Now page.
• NABCEP Entry Level Conversion Pathway - You already received a NABCEP Entry Level Achievement Award for photovoltaics. If the award was earned more than three years ago, documentation of at least 12 hours of continuing education within the last three years will also be required. To begin, go to NABCEP’s Apply Now Page.

How do I schedule a NABCEP Associate Exam?

If you are completing the Education Pathway, follow these steps and HeatSpring will register you to take the exam – you do not submit an application to NABCEP.

A total of 12 Advanced PV Training Hours are required to maintain your PVA credential and documentation must be submitted to NABCEP every 3 years for your credential renewal. HeatSpring certificates of completion can be used as documentation with NABCEP.