Training programmes for installers

Updated: 06.02.2019

Author: Moïra Jimeno

Within the scope of the National Qualifications System, Ordinance 944/2005 lists the main activities to be performed by professionals qualified as technicians of renewable energy plants and installations, who may be specialised on the installation of solar thermal or photovoltaic installations (annex II), wind energy plants (annex III), or bioenergy plants (annex IV).

Addressees

Training institutions and those interested in the above-mentioned training courses.

Competent authority

National Qualifications Agency is the body responsible for identifying and defining professional profiles. The Agency works with specialised sectorial bodies, such as the Directorate General for Energy and Geology (DGEG). The DGEG is in charge of the certification of professional categories and also acts as the certifying authority for the Professional Aptitude Certificate (PAC).

Further information

The National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG) offers training programmes for designers of solar thermal installations, for installers of solar thermal installations, and for experts (perito qualificado) as defined by DL 78/2006: http://www.lneg.pt/servicos/43/ 

General information on professional training in Portugal is available at the National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training (ANQEP): http://www.anqep.gov.pt/default.aspx 

The National Qualifications Catalogue of the ANQEP is available at: http://www.catalogo.anqep.gov.pt/Qualificacoes?Page=2&Designacao=&AreasFormacaoId=64&CodigoArea=&Nivel=&RVCC=false 

Distribution of costs

Private Financing

The installers of solar thermal installations and the technicians of renewable energy plants and installations have to bear the costs for the training.

Portugal

Further information

  • ANQEP: Agência Nacional para a Qualificação e o Ensino Profissional - National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training
  • +351 213 943 700
  • ANQEP website
  • anqep(at)anqep.gov.pt
  • Ministério da Economia, da Inovação e do Desenvolvimento. Direcção Geral de Energia e Geologia (DGEG) – Directorate General for Energy and Geology at the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Development
  • +351 217 922 782
  • DGEG website
  • Racionalizacao.Energia(at)dgge.pt

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