Uganda

A solar maintenance assistant in a plastered room looking at the lit display of a charge controller on the wall, a multimeter in one hand with its test leads clipped to the two posts of a single battery on the shelf below.

Solar PV Maintenance and Fault-Finding — Foundation — Uganda

Solar home systems are on roofs across Uganda, in Kampala and in district towns, and Uganda’s renewable energy sector warns that poorly installed systems, often handled by unqualified technicians, fail early. This course teaches the work that keeps a system alive: checking it properly, and finding faults by measuring rather than guessing. You will learn

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A small blue generator set on a concrete plinth out in an open red-earth yard with its canopy lid propped open and a cloth over it, a stool beside it with oil and spanners, an orange rag on a tool bag and a drain pan, and a brick workshop standing well away.

Diesel Generator Service and Repair — Foundation — Uganda

When the power interrupts, Uganda’s businesses keep running on standby generators, from the salon’s small petrol set to the factory plant behind an automatic transfer switch. In a recent business survey, firms named unreliable power supply among their main obstacles. Every one of those machines wears, and many are serviced by guesswork. The disciplined technician

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