CENTEC opens 45 places in a free photovoltaic solar energy course

Centec has dozens of vacancies in a free solar energy course aimed at young people and teenagers who want to enter and get to know the market up close.

A Secretary of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the State of Ceará (Secitece), through the Centec Institute, announced the opening of enrollment for the Initial and Continued Training Course (FIC) in photovoltaic solar energy until this Friday (11) or until all vacancies are filled.

The free course classes are expected to start on August 28th and will be held at CVTec in São Gonçalo do Amarante (Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza).

Find out more about the free solar energy course offered by CENTEC

With a focus on meeting a growing demand for qualified professionals in the sector and assisting in the state's energy transition, the initiative focuses on training these professionals with the necessary skills to work in the solar energy market, a sector that has been expanding on the national scene, attracting investment, in particular, to Ceará.

This is Centec's first course focusing on the clean energy sector. In it, 45 vacancies will be distributed in three shifts, morning, afternoon and evening, with 15 vacancies per shift, with a workload of 160 hours lasting 2 months and training. All successful students receive a certificate.

According to the director of Technological Extension and Innovation, Cleyton Monte, Centec's board recognizes the importance of the demand for employability in the solar energy segment, with the demand for qualified professionals, in a joint effort with the Government of Ceará for the transition energy and sustainable development. According to Cleyton, the first Centec classes of the free solar energy course start in August.

At this first moment, in São Gonçalo do Amarante, however, the focus is to expand in the future and offer the course to other municipalities in the interior of the state, so that these professionals qualified by Centec can be inserted in this effort by the Government of Ceará for energy transition, with energy contributing to the development and generation of local income.

Learn how to enroll in the free Solar Energy course

Those interested in enrolling in Centec training should go to the headquarters of the CVTec in São Gonçalo do Amarante, located at Rua Estrada da Liberdade, s/n – Liberdade, carrying complete documentation required and proof of registration of social programs for those who have registration.

O The course focuses on young people and adults who are interested in training in the sector, professionals who work in the area, with prior knowledge of electricity and electrical installations, and complete secondary education. In addition, Instituto Centec courses prioritize people who are in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability and who meet the minimum education requirements demanded by each course.

Solar energy market in Brazil

Solar energy is already the second largest source of energy in Brazil and its capacity in the first half of this year surpassed the entire result of 2022. Solar energy is the production of energy generated from sunlight. And the result of this formula is the economy.

This type of source, generated in the property itself, is called distributed. Of the 5.568 municipalities in the country, it is present in 5530 – 99% of the Brazilian territory. Another way to take advantage of the energy that comes from the sun is to install the panels on the ground, on land in the city or even in the countryside.

In the case shown, there are 12 thousand panels that will reset the electricity bill of the industry that makes the investment. And what's left becomes credit for other small and medium-sized companies. The cable factory owns the production line full of electrical equipment. The account will be zeroed with only 40% of what the solar plant, which is next to the company that will produce.