Admission to Renewable Energy Technologies Installers Training Programs Has Started at GTU

At the Georgian Technical University, the acceptance of trainees of the fifth stream for four, short-term (5-week) training/retraining programs for renewable energy technologies installers has begun.

Registration to enroll in the programs covers the period of November 13-27, and the study process will begin on December 2nd, 2024.

According to the dean of the GTU Faculty of Power Engineering, there are four short-term training programs (75 hours each) for the training/retraining of installers of renewable energy technologies.

• Installation of equipment for renewable energy sources (solar photovoltaic systems);

• Installation of equipment of renewable energy sources (solar thermal systems);

• Installation of equipment of renewable energy sources (biomass boilers and stoves);

• nstallation of equipment for renewable energy sources (surface geothermal systems and heat pumps) – prepared by educational and renewable energy  experts hired by the donor organization and professors of the Faculty of Power Engineering of the Georgian Technical University.

According to Lena Shatakishvili, dean of the GTU Faculty of Power Engineering, four streams of all four programs fully funded by the Government of Georgia have already successfully completed the training process, and acceptance of the fifth stream was announced on November 13th.

According to her, it is planned to receive 10-10 trainees for each program in the fifth stream, and interested persons can register for training/retraining programs online, on the website.

As Professor Lena Shatakishvili noted, upon successful completion of the program, the candidate will undergo certification, and the list of certified installers will be posted on the official website of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia.

For information, for Georgia, joining the European Energy Union implies taking a legal obligation and legislative harmonization.

In particular, Georgia should reflect in its local legislation the directives and regulations applicable to the European Union in the field of energy, which are given in Annex XXV of the Association Agreement.

In December 2019, the Parliament of Georgia approved the law “On encouraging the production and use of energy from renewable sources”, which fully corresponds to the European Union Directive on renewable energy. The Government of Georgia ensures the training of qualified and certified installers of renewable energy technologies.

To implement the program in Georgia, inter-agency cooperation and coordination were necessary, and on December 11, 2020, the memorandum of the corporation was signed between the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, the “Georgian Energy Development Fund”, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Youth of Georgia and the “National Center for the Development of the Quality of Education”. 

The work on training/retraining programs for renewable energy technologies installers was carried out within the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) program “Development of the private sector and professional education in the South Caucasus”.