Solar PV Installation & Maintenance Teacher

About this role

A teaching role at Total Child School focusing on solar PV installation and maintenance. The position involves delivering lessons on solar energy, PV technology and renewable energy systems to students. It covers design, sizing, installation, configuration and commissioning of solar PV systems, as well as basic electrical theory and networked components. The role includes demonstrating connections, estimating energy use, selecting components and teaching maintenance and fault diagnosis. The school offers education across nursery to secondary levels and aims to provide a structured, engaging learning environment.

What you would do

• Develop lesson plans, schemes of work and instructional materials aligned with the curriculum
• Teach principles of solar energy, PV technology and renewable energy systems
• Explain operation and use of solar panels, charge controllers, inverters, batteries and related components
• Deliver lessons on PV system design, sizing, installation, configuration and commissioning
• Teach basic electrical principles such as voltage, current, resistance, power, energy and circuit connections
• Demonstrate series and parallel connections of solar panels and batteries and explain their applications and limitations
• Train students to estimate energy consumption and calculate system capacity
• Instruct on selecting appropriate components for solar PV systems
• Teach preventive maintenance, fault diagnosis, troubleshooting and component replacement
• Foster a conducive learning environment within the school setting

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