How to Get Your Florida Solar Contractor License 

Interested in solar technology? You can make a career out of it.  

Each year, the world is going more “green,” and there will be more solar jobs popping up left and right. 

According to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation (DBPR), a solar contractor is defined as a contractor whose services “consist of the installation, alteration, repair, maintenance, relocation, or replacement of solar panels for potable solar water heating systems, swimming pool solar heating systems, and photovoltaic systems and any appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment used in connection with these systems.” 

When you become a solar contractor, you can either become a certified solar contractor (CV) and a residential solar water or a heating specialty contractor (CW). 

To work as a solar contractor in Florida, you need to have a Florida contractor’s license; however, if you are working under a licensed contractor you do not need to be licensed yet. If you do work on your own that requires installing, altering, repairing, maintaining, relocating or replacing any type of solar thermal or PV system, you need a certification and/or license to work legally. 

For a Solar Contractor license, you will need to show four years of experience (minus college up to three years), one year of which as a foreman.  All this work should be tied to a company licensed to do this kind of work. 

You must show experience in all the following areas: 

• Photovoltaic Systems 
• Swimming Pool/Spa Solar Heating Systems 

• Domestic Water Solar Heating System 

If a person needs a solar water heater or solar pool heater installed, only a CV or CW licensed worker or a plumbing contractor can do that job. A photovoltaic system must be installed by a CV license holder or an electrical contractor, but not a CW license holder. If these systems are not installed by these specific contractors, the owners are not eligible for Florida’s established rebate program for residential and commercial solar water heaters, solar electric systems, and residential solar pool heaters. 

Some jurisdictions have a solar contractor certificate of competency that is considered an RX license; these contractors are limited to the installation of solar water or pool heaters. 

Solar photovoltaic installers can receive a salary from $32K to $48K per year, depending on experience and knowledge. 

Thinking about a career as a solar contractor?  We can help you get your Florida solar contractor’s license. We are a license contracting company and we do the contractor license application process for you; we make it easy and fast. To start the process, click our Florida contractor’s license page or call us at 239-777-1028.