💡 Why it matters: Millions of homes and shops now use solar power, and the number keeps growing. Skilled installers are hard to find, so good ones are often busy.
🌍 Around the world
- Nigeria: Millions of Nigerian homes and shops use solar because grid power is unreliable.
- United States: Jobs are projected to grow 37% from 2025 to 2035, much faster than average (US Bureau of Labor Statistics).
💰 What it can pay
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Starting out
- ₦800k – ₦2M
- Mid-career
- ₦2.5M – ₦6M
- Senior
- ₦6M – ₦15M
≈ ₦208k – ₦500k a month mid-career. Indicative estimate by Incusim.
🇺🇸 United States
Median pay; low and high are the 10th and 90th percentiles. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025
🇨🇦 Canada
Hourly wage low/median/high x 2,080 hours. Job Bank (Government of Canada), 2023-2024
Yearly pay before tax. UK, US and Canada figures come from the official sources named on each card. Nigeria has no official salary survey, so those are our indicative estimates. Real pay depends on the employer, the place, your skills and experience.
🛠️ What you actually do
- Fit solar panels on roofs and frames
- Connect inverters and batteries safely
- Test systems to make sure they work
- Explain to customers how to use and clean them
- Fix faults when power drops
⚡ Skills you'll need
- Hands-on skill
- Safety awareness
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Basic electronics
Get ready at school
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Apprenticeship with a solar company
- Short solar PV certificate courses, then start your own installation business
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Apprenticeship with an electrical or solar firm
- Qualify as an electrician, then add solar training
🇺🇸 United States
- On-the-job training with a solar company (up to about 1 year)
- Electrician apprenticeship, then solar training
🇨🇦 Canada
- Start as a helper with a solar company
- Trades college program, then apprenticeship
🗺️ Your path to this career
- 1Learn basic electrics and Physics at school
- 2Take a technical college or a solar training course
- 3Work under an experienced installer for a year or two
- 4Get certified and build a name for clean, safe work
- 5Grow into a design lead or start your own company
⏰ A day in the life
You and a small team arrive at a house and set up a safe working area on the roof. After fixing the panels and wiring the inverter, you test the power and show the owner how the app displays what the sun is giving them.