Costs and benefits of practitioner certification or licensure for the solar industry

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1465-1468

  Parker, Wendy L ^a   Bower, Ward ^b   Weissman, Jane ^c  

^a Inst for Sustainable Power   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Interstate Renewable Energy Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RELIABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; STANDARDS;

LICENSURE; PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION; SOLAR INDUSTRY;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

EID: 0036957056     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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