Three SMaRTech pathways: Solar, EVSE, and Infectious Prevention.

Solar Maintenance Technician

Related instruction: North Orange Continuing Education · Anaheim

Keep photovoltaic arrays clean, inspected, documented, and performing — the physical, non-electrical side of solar operations and maintenance.

Related college coursework

• Solar pathway is live at NOCE as the SMaRT Tech: Solar Maintenance Technician Certificate — tuition-free, 2–3 terms, Pass/No Pass.
• Core coursework includes OSHA 10 for Construction, Project Management, and Office Professionalism and Workplace Skills.
• Required elective: ENTR 100 Entrepreneurship (54 hrs) or ENTR 115 Business Basics: Law and Accounting (45 hrs).
• Eligibility: 18 or older, NOCE admissions application, and online general orientation completed at least 24 hours before registering.
• Outcomes: Solar Maintenance Technician, Solar Technician Assistant, Field Service Technician — $29–$30/hr average in Orange County.

EVSE Maintenance Technician

Related instruction: North Orange Continuing Education · Anaheim

Maintain the electric vehicle charging network: inspection, cleaning, uptime monitoring fundamentals, and the reporting that keeps sites accountable. The EVSE pathway will follow the same tuition-free, not-for-credit structure as Solar once published.

On-the-job training (OJT)

• Physical charger inspection
• Non-electrical maintenance
• Site assessment
• OCPP monitoring fundamentals
• Documentation & reporting
• Cleaning & preventive maintenance
• Asset inventory & customer service

Infectious Prevention Specialist

Related instruction: North Orange Continuing Education · Anaheim

A planned SMaRTech pathway preparing technicians to build and maintain infection-control containment during construction in occupied healthcare facilities. North Orange Continuing Education delivers the related instruction (RSI); completing the RSI coursework places the apprentice at Level 1. The five-level field qualification is then advanced through on-the-job training (OJT) delivered by TFR — from jobsite infection-control awareness to lead containment installer.

Related college coursework

• Related instruction (RSI) — IPS320 Infectious Prevention Capstone (54 hrs, taught by TFR), ELET 178 OSHA 10 for Construction (32 hrs), BUSN 120 Project Management (18 hrs), OTEC 100 Office Professionalism and Workplace Skills (24 hrs), plus required elective ENTR 100 Entrepreneurship (54 hrs) or ENTR 115 Business Basics: Law and Accounting (45 hrs).
• Completing the NOCE RSI coursework places the apprentice at Level 1 of the TFR field qualification.

On-the-job training (OJT)

• Level 1 — Healthcare Jobsite Awareness: infection-control fundamentals, ICRA, patient and occupied-area protection, clean vs. dirty areas, hospital conduct, and basic PPE.
• Level 2 — Containment Installer: poly and rigid containment systems, floor-to-deck barriers, penetration sealing, temporary doors, sticky mats, and anteroom construction.
• Level 3 — Negative Air & HEPA Technician: HEPA-filtered negative-air machines, air scrubbers, pressure differential, smoke testing, and loss-of-pressure response.
• Level 4 — Advanced Healthcare Containment Installer: occupied-hospital construction, operating-room environments, multi-stage anterooms, debris containment, and breach response.
• Level 5 — Lead Containment Installer: field leadership — preconstruction containment planning, complete installation, pressure verification, documentation, and emergency breach recovery.
• Field qualification documents company training and field competency; it complements (not replaces) ASHE, UBC-ICRA, or CICTI certification.