PQRS - Solar PV Training Academy

02/11/2026

🟢 PQRS GREEN FRIDAY starts NOW: 50% off our courses and AREP tests.

2 November to 6 December. Think of it as our green answer to Black Friday.

Half price on:
✅ Solar PV Sales Course: R1,445 (was R2,890)
✅ Excel, PV Design & Install Level 1: R2,445 (was R4,890)
✅ Exceed, PV Design & Install Level 2: R2,595 (was R5,190)
✅ Commercial Solar PV HV BESS: R2,945 (was R5,890)
✅ AREP Level 1 Test: R546.25 (was R1,092.50)
✅ AREP Level 2 Test: R776.25 (was R1,552.50)

Every course is online and self-paced. Rewatch as often as you need, and facilitator support throughout.

HOW TO CLAIM:
📩 Request your quote at [email protected] or WhatsApp 082 322 2601.
The 50% is applied to your quote.

⏰ Ends at midnight on Sunday 6 December.

Not included: refresher courses, the P4 card and the Lightning & Surge Protection course.

🔗 pqrs.co.za/our-courses/

28/10/2026

📍 Cape Town, with DHT Wired.

Same approach as Polokwane:
Corporate training that fits your people.

Message [email protected] 🔧

27/10/2026

🏢 When the bank asks for your building’s Energy Performance Certificate.

We’re currently completing an Energy Performance Certificate for a building in East London after the owner’s bank asked for one.

A reminder: for qualifying non-residential buildings, an EPC is a legal requirement under the National Energy Act. The deadline was 7 December 2025, and it’s the building owner who is responsible, not the tenant.

Not sure if your building qualifies?
📩 [email protected]

26/10/2026

📍 Polokwane last week, with DHT Wired.

This training was built around what the team needed.

Want training shaped around your team?
Message [email protected] 🔧

22/10/2026

Before the testing starts, we test the setup. 🚩

At the Virginia Solar PV Plant (240 MW), numerous tests will be required to test the existing earth against the design.

Record keeping and consistency in testing method are critical. For this project we needed to:
• Repeat the method.
• Record the data
• Recreate the same testing environment

So Carel trialled a simple idea: numbered flags marking each measuring point, so every reading is recorded against a flag number.

How it works with two people:
• One records the data.
• The other moves the clamp to the next test spike.

Both can confirm where they are, which test was just done, and what comes next, without recounting the spikes every time.

Across the big areas we’ll be covering, that means readings you can repeat, compare and trust. The verdict to the team: “a game changer” for the field.

Good results start with a good, reliable setup. ⚡

Follow along as we build up to our live Lightning & Surge Protection training.

19/10/2026

🎥 Know what you're protecting before you buy the surge protection.

Good lightning and surge protection starts with earthing and bonding.
Get that right, and choosing cable sizes and SPDs gets much easier.

Carel explains it in this short presentation (under 14 minutes) from the NTC Industry Think Tank on the earthing of alternative supplies.

Link in the first comment 👇

Our live online Lightning & Surge Protection training is coming.
Watch this space. ⚡

18/10/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was one of my best decisions I have made to attend the courses from PQRS."

Mornay has completed three PQRS courses and is proud to be part of the AREP family. Thank you, Mornay!

Learning never really stops. Standards change, technology changes, and in a tough market the practitioners who keep learning are the ones who stay in demand.
If you've done a PQRS course before, our refresher courses bring you up to date at a reduced rate:
🔹 Solar PV Design & Install Excel Level 1 Refresher: R1,975
🔹 Solar PV Design & Install Exceed
Level 2 Refresher: R2,550
Writing or rewriting the AREP Level 2 Test? The Exceed Level 2 refresher is a smart way to get ready. (Prices include VAT.)

Message us on WhatsApp at 082 322 2601 or email [email protected].

15/10/2026

Skills get you the job. Credentials get you the contract.

Municipalities, banks and insurers check the AREP directory, and the P4 Level 2 Card is recognised by municipalities, banks, insurers, SALGA and AMEU.

Here's the path to your P4 Green Card:
1️⃣ Build your knowledge (a PQRS course is a great place to start).
2️⃣ Write the AREP Level 2 Test
3️⃣ Pass it and you qualify for your P4 Green Card
4️⃣ Your card is valid for 36 months. After that, you redo the Level 2 Test and apply for your new card.

And tonight at 18h00, Association for Renewable Energy Practitioners - AREP is hosting a free live Zoom session on Power Factor and Harmonics with SIAAC.
Details are in our earlier post. ⚡

Questions? Contact [email protected] or WhatsApp 082 322 2601

14/10/2026

14/10/2026

Still filling in CoCs on paper? 📄➡️📱

Meet the e-CoC: a web-based Certificate of Compliance system for electricians, contractors, and service providers.

✅ Complete certificates and test reports on site, even offline. Your data syncs automatically when you're back online.
✅ Link every certificate to a project.
✅ Export a branded PDF
✅ Service providers can track and allocate certificate and test report inventory.

See how it works.
👉 e-coc.online

Questions? [email protected]

-coc