This article from the NABCEP website reflects the recent growth in takers of the NABCEP’s Installer Certification Exams.  From the NABCEP website (www.nabcep.org):  the September 2009 NABCEP Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Installer Certification exams saw a record number of applicants: 455 people in 19 sites across the U.S. sat for the exams. The Spring 2009 exams, offered at 14 sites, was administered to 199 test-takers. That’s a 129% increase from the Spring to the Fall exams.

California was the leading state with 71 people to take the exams. They were offered in 2 locations: the Bay Area (52) and Southern California (19). Texas, however, had the highest number of test-takers in any one site with 56, up from 22 in the Spring. New York also offered the exams in two locations: Farmingdale (34) and Rochester (10).

The NABCEP website provides a breakdown of the top states as follows:

• California-71
• Texas–56
• Colorado–47
• New York–44
• North Carolina–36
• Minnesota–29
• Illinois-29
• New Jersey–28
• Massachusetts–25
• Ohio-23

MiraCosta College offers its congratulations to NABCEP for its continuing success.