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A training business that does not pretend to be a certifying body.

Solar Canada teaches and administers examinations. It does not issue credentials, and it is careful about the difference, because the difference is what makes a credential worth having.

There are fewer providers authorized to administer NABCEP examinations in Canada than there are provinces. That scarcity is the reason we exist, and it is also a responsibility: a testing centre that bends toward its own students degrades the credential for everyone who holds it.

What we do

  • Deliver solar photovoltaic training in a classroom in Toronto, Calgary and Abbotsford, live online, and self-paced.
  • Administer NABCEP examinations as an authorized NABCEP Registered Exam Provider.
  • Teach the site safety content a solar crew needs, against Canadian standards.
  • Run a business programme for people starting or extending a contracting company.
  • Publish our prices.

What we do not do

  • We do not issue certifications. NABCEP sets, delivers and scores its own examinations and decides who holds its credentials.
  • We do not claim that training with us improves your chances in the examination room, because it does not, and claiming it would be a misrepresentation of what an exam provider is.
  • We do not require our own training as a condition of anything.
  • We do not price exam seats differently for our own students.
  • We do not sell leads, territories, franchises or exam guarantees.
Why we are this insistent about it

An organization that both teaches candidates and decides whether they pass has an unmanaged conflict, and the internationally recognised rules for certifying people treat that arrangement as a threat to impartiality on its face. The cleanest answer is a bright line: training on one side, certification decisions on the other, with no shared interest in the outcome. We are on the training side of that line, and we say so on every page where it could possibly matter.

Where we are

Head office and the main classroom are in Toronto. Classroom and examination delivery also run in Calgary and in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Live online and self-paced delivery reaches the rest of the country, which for a training business in Canada is most of it.

Contact

Telephone 1 (800) 373-7097. Email Training@SolarCanadaPro.ca. Enrolment is on the enrolment form and does not require a call first.

Trademarks

NABCEP® and the NABCEP certification marks are the property of the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners, Inc. Solar Canada is an authorized NABCEP Registered Exam Provider and is not otherwise affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for NABCEP. References to NABCEP credentials on this site describe the credentials themselves and are not a claim to hold or confer them. CSA standards referenced are the property of the Canadian Standards Association.

Common questions

Are you accredited?

We are an authorized NABCEP Registered Exam Provider, which is an authorization to administer examinations properly. That is a different thing from being an accredited certification body, and we do not describe ourselves as one.

Do you decide who passes?

No. NABCEP writes, delivers and scores its examinations. The centre provides the room, the identification check and the proctoring.

Are you connected to other energy companies in Canada?

Solar Canada sits within a wider group of Canadian energy businesses. Its training and examination operations are run on their own terms, and exam administration is not influenced by any other part of that group.

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Where to go next

Enrol

Pick a date. Pay. Turn up.

No consultation call, no quote, no sales sequence. The prices are on the site and the seats are on the calendar.