New Course: Forklift Operator Training HeatSpring just launched Forklift Operator Training, a two-hour online course that covers the formal instruction portion of OSHA-required forklift certification. Why take this course Forklifts, or powered industrial trucks, are a staple in countless warehouses and industrial facilities. OSHA requires… Continue reading “New Course: Forklift Operator Training”
Flagger Hand Signals Explained Road construction, utility repairs, and lane closures all rely on flaggers: workers positioned at the edge of a work zone, using a paddle, flag, or flashlight to tell drivers when to stop, when to go, and when to slow down.… Continue reading “Flagger Hand Signals Explained “
What the O&M Agreement Covers and Why It’s Tied to Your Financial Model Solar assets need decades of upkeep, and that responsibility needs to be spelled out in the O&M agreement. Skipped infrared testing and visual inspections, excessive panel soiling, or an inverter failure without a response plan in place are just a… Continue reading “What the O&M Agreement Covers and Why It’s Tied to Your Financial Model”
Clawbacks & Milestones: Notable Solar EPC Agreement Clauses The EPC agreement governs the actual construction of a solar project, and two parts in particular can cause problems for developers as projects slip: clawback clauses tied to completion deadlines, and the milestone payment structure that governs how money moves… Continue reading “Clawbacks & Milestones: Notable Solar EPC Agreement Clauses”
New Free Course – Getting Hired in Clean Energy: Resumes and Job Search Know someone looking to break into solar, electrical work, or another clean energy trade? HeatSpring’s Brittany Heller just launched a new free course to help them get there. Getting Hired in Clean Energy: Resumes Writing and Job Search Skills walks… Continue reading “New Free Course – Getting Hired in Clean Energy: Resumes and Job Search”
New Filters Make the Team Training Reports Faster to Use The Reports section in the Team Dashboard has always been where training leaders go to see enrollment, progress, and completion across their team. What’s new is how quickly you can get to the specific answer you need in the Progress… Continue reading “New Filters Make the Team Training Reports Faster to Use”
Ladder Safety with Sean White Falls are one of the most common hazards on a job site, and ladders are often part of that risk, especially on residential solar installs where you’re going up onto a pitched roof. A few specific practices can go a… Continue reading “Ladder Safety with Sean White”
HeatSpring is the Official PVA & OMAT Training Provider for the 2027 NABCEP Conference We just signed on to be the official PVA & OMAT training provider for the 2027 NABCEP Conference. Sean White is teaching the class. Learners spend three days together at the conference training with Sean. They also get access to… Continue reading “HeatSpring is the Official PVA & OMAT Training Provider for the 2027 NABCEP Conference”
Volts, Amps, Ohms, Watts: Sean White on Ohm’s Law and How to Measure Each One Ohm’s Law describes the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit: voltage equals current multiplied by resistance (V = IR). Pair that with the power equation – power equals current multiplied by voltage (P = IV) –… Continue reading “Volts, Amps, Ohms, Watts: Sean White on Ohm’s Law and How to Measure Each One”
How to Properly Fit a Fall Protection Harness In the hierarchy of fall protection, PPE, sits near the bottom, not the top. Elimination – removing the fall hazard entirely – is always the first line of defense, followed by passive systems, travel restraint, and only then fall arrest.… Continue reading “How to Properly Fit a Fall Protection Harness “
Undefined Terms Can Have Real Consequences: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the NEC Code-Making Process There are words in the National Electrical Code that practitioners use every day without a second thought. “Backfeed” is one of them. What emerged during a Code-Making Panel 4 meeting in the 2026 NEC revision cycle is that even the… Continue reading “Undefined Terms Can Have Real Consequences: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the NEC Code-Making Process”
Inside the Solar Executive MBA Data Room We just published a new course, and there’s nothing else like it in the world: Inside the Solar Executive MBA Data Room. Keith Cronin opened up actual data room documents and models he uses to develop, finance, and sell solar… Continue reading “Inside the Solar Executive MBA Data Room”
Why Developers Get the Solar Data Room Wrong (and What It Costs Them) Ask a handful of solar developers where their project documents live, and you’ll get some version of the same answer: a folder on someone’s desktop, scattered across an engineer’s inbox, or nowhere organized at all. HeatSpring instructor Keith Cronin has… Continue reading “Why Developers Get the Solar Data Room Wrong (and What It Costs Them)”
Meet Julie Stiglish – Instructor Spotlight Every course has an instructor behind it, someone who spent years in the field before they built their course on HeatSpring. The Instructor Spotlight series exists so our community can meet those people directly: how they got into the industry,… Continue reading “Meet Julie Stiglish – Instructor Spotlight”
New Course: Competent Person Fall Protection Training Falls are the number one cause of death in construction and almost every one of them is preventable. That’s the reason this course exists. HeatSpring’s new Competent Person Fall Protection Training, taught by instructor Jenny Conrardy, is now live, and… Continue reading “New Course: Competent Person Fall Protection Training”
New Course: National Flagger Certification HeatSpring has launched a new National Flagger Certification course, part of the HeatSpring CORE: Comprehensive Construction Trades curriculum, designed to prepare flaggers for one of the most high-stakes roles on any job site: standing between moving traffic and the crew… Continue reading “New Course: National Flagger Certification”
New Free Course: 10 Utility-Scale Solar Defects Hiding in Plain Sight Every defect in utility-scale solar construction is cheap exactly once – at the moment it’s installed. After that, the price goes up. A missed refusal on a pile drive log, a connector that “clicked, sort of,” a bonding clamp that… Continue reading “New Free Course: 10 Utility-Scale Solar Defects Hiding in Plain Sight”
NABCEP Opens Nominations for the 2027 Walt Ratterman Award and Les Nelson Scholarship NABCEP has opened applications for two of their longest-running community awards: the Walt Ratterman Award and the Les Nelson Scholarship Fund for Volunteers. Both honor people who gave their time and skills to renewable energy causes, and both come with… Continue reading “NABCEP Opens Nominations for the 2027 Walt Ratterman Award and Les Nelson Scholarship”
How Standards Harmonization Is Making Energy Storage Easier to Permit and Inspect Article 706 on energy storage systems didn’t undergo sweeping changes in the 2026 NEC, but what did shift is worth noting, especially for anyone who has found the permitting and inspection side of ESS work frustrating. Rebekah Hren of Solar… Continue reading “How Standards Harmonization Is Making Energy Storage Easier to Permit and Inspect”
Why Article 130 on Energy Management Systems Just Moved to the Front of the NEC Not every significant change in the 2026 NEC is about new requirements or revised language. Sometimes the signal is in where an article ends up in the code book. Article 750 on energy management systems spent years tucked toward the… Continue reading “Why Article 130 on Energy Management Systems Just Moved to the Front of the NEC”