Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Blow torches (Acetylene torches)
- Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable hand wrenches)
- Levels (Builders' levels)
- Calculators or accessories (Calculators)
- Caulking guns (Caulking equipment)
- Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Power drills (Cordless drills)
- Wire lug crimping tool (Crimping lugs)
- Desktop computers
- Multimeters (Digital multimeters)
- Geological compasses (Directional compasses)
- Shovels (Dirt shovels)
- Ladders (Extension ladders)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Fall arrest harnesses)
- Masks or accessories (Filter masks)
- Forklifts
- Squares (Framing squares)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Hex keys (Hex wrenches)
- Power drills (Impact drills)
- Pitch measuring instruments (Inclinometers)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Pipe wrenches (Large pipe wrenches)
- Levels (Laser line levels)
- Mallets
- Pipe wrenches (Medium pipe wrenches)
- Wire cutters (Pair of dykes)
- Personal computers
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Pipe cutters)
- Post hole digger (Post hole augers)
- Protective gloves
- Putty knives
- Files (Rat tail files)
- Ratchets (Ratchet sets)
- Power saws (Reciprocating saws)
- Safety glasses
- Hammers (Sledgehammers)
- Portable data input terminals (Solar analysis systems)
- Solar radiation surface observing apparatus (Solarimeters)
- Tape measures (Steel measuring tapes)
- Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
- Tinners snips (Tin snips)
- Levels (Torpedo levels)
- Trenching machines (Trenchers)
- Utility knives
- Front end loaders (Utility work machines)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Video probe systems)
- Ohmmeters (Volt-ohm meters VOM)
- Wheelbarrows
- Wire cutters
- Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
- Minivans or vans (Work vans)
Technologies Include:
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Work scheduling software
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Project management software
- Cost estimating software
- Project management software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
