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The Fanshawe College RET program is blessed with up-to-date equipment and software—traditional areas like motor control, mechanical training and Programmable Logic Controllers, as well as advanced wind-turbine simulators.
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Fanshawe College's two-year RET diploma program is offered on an accelerated 50-week timetable.
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Every theory lesson in the RET program includesw a practical component and a curriculum that’s designed to get students on the job faster.
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Fanshawe College's RET program furnishes students with an in-depth working knowledge of commissioning, routine maintenance and repair of photovoltaic and wind turbine generating systems.
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Fanshawe College's RET program equips students with complete safety training for working at heights, advanced electrical safety, lockout-tagout and confined spaces.
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Every theory lesson includes a practical component and a curriculum that’s designed to get students on the job faster.
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The Renewable Energies Technician program offers design and installation techniques for solar photovoltaic, wind, biogas and solar thermal systems.
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The RET program is “not a flavor of the month career . . . it’s a growing industry, with an already large inventory (of facilities) on the ground,” notes St. Thomas/Elgin Regional Campus chair Ross Fair.
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Fifty percent of Fanshawe College's RET diploma program is spent in the lab or the workshop.
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Since Fanshawe College introduced the Renewable Energies Technician program in fall of 2012, graduates have enjoyed a nearly 100-per-cent placement rate in the industry.
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With class intake sizes now exceeding 40 students in the RET program, Fanshawe College expects to have a waiting list for the first time in fall 2017.