HeatSpring helps solar companies comply with new industry apprenticeship requirements and build repeatable systems for upskilling and growing great people. Let’s create your Registered Apprenticeship Program plan together.
Following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and Production Tax Credit (PTC) include apprenticeship requirements for solar projects (above 1 megawatt in size) in order to access the full value of the tax credits.
The best and brightest companies see these new requirements as an opportunity to build a
foundation for growth.
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HeatSpring is a NABCEP Registered Provider and NABCEP PV Associate Provider.
Registered Apprenticeship Program is part of HeatSpring for Teams plan which includes discounts up to 40% off. In addition you get access to a team dashboard and other exclusive features.
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Start with this free course: "How to Start Your Registered Apprenticeship Program"
It's a great orientation to RAPs for the solar industry.
If your company has at least four employees and you work on projects bigger than 1 MW, then apprenticeships are a part of your life whether you like it not.
Some companies are embracing the benefits of apprenticeships and going beyond the minimum requirements. They are using learning paths as a way to upskill their teams and retain employees for longer.
But what if you want to do the easiest and quickest option for complying with the requirements?
Outsource to partners! You can find an existing apprenticeship standard that closely matches your needs, and work with an existing sponsor. Depending on where you’re located, this could be: an Industry Associations, Sector Partnership Joint Labor-Management Organizations, Educational or Training Providers, Community Organization, Chambers, or Other Workforce Intermediaries.
If you need help finding a sponsor to partner with, submit a request here. We’ll either be that partner or point you in the right direction.
Source: SEIA
Yes. We can help you design a registered apprenticeship program, find partners, and even provide administrative support so you don't have to hire people to do this work.
More than 500 of the top solar companies use HeatSpring's Team Dashboard to provide pathways to NABCEP certification and career development for employees. Sometimes that means a registered apprenticeship program, but more frequently this can be a more informal employee development plan that includes training and certification that maps to a career path as defined by your company.
No, HeatSpring's apprenticeship packages help employers create and run apprenticeship programs for their employees.
When we meet job seekers looking to make a transition into the solar industry we offer them more than a hundred free courses, and direct them to industry events for networking and their local workforce development office for funding and training grants.
Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) aim to prepare workers for jobs while meeting the needs of businesses for a highly skilled workforce. It is an “earn while you learn” model that combines on-the-job learning under the supervision of a mentor, job experience, and classroom/online related instruction.
Source: SEIA
The Treasury (IRS) provided guidance on November 30, 2022. That starts the 60-day time period to begin construction of a project so that the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements do not apply and provides clarity regarding the beginning-of-construction rules.
So construction of a qualified facility or project must begin before January 29, 2023, to take advantage of the exception to the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements and still qualify for the full amount of the PTC or ITC.
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