ABSTRACT
Within the framework of the Swiss Photovoltaic Programme for Vocational Colleges, 21 of the 60 vocational school centres in Switzerland were equipped with a photovoltaic installation. 4'300 apprentices or 42% of all electricians being educated in 1998 attended these vocational colleges. This means that the electricians programme for vocational colleges reaches almost 50% of all future electric installations professionals in Switzerland. Specific know-how and applications experience are introduced and integrated on a step-by-step basis into the normal theoretical curriculum. Continual checking of results and a measurement campaign document the high technical level of this application of PV. This user-group is further supported by an information network consisting of yearly experience-exchange conferences, a newsletter and an internet website (www.pv-berufsschule.ch).
