The photovoltaic sector is particularly promising in terms of job and local wealth creation; whether these are direct or indirect occupations.

Direct occupations:
Jobs created in the production, installation and maintenance of photovoltaics:

• Solar silicon, ingots and wafer producers
• Solar cell and module producers
• Photovoltaic equipment producers
• Balance of systems producers and suppliers
• System integrators and assemblers
• Suppliers and distributors
• Installers
• Service and repair technicians (Operations, maintenance and demounting)
• Site Surveyors and assessors
• Managers and entrepreneurs
• Sales Representatives, marketers and estimators
• Engineers
• Project developers
• Designers
• Researchers and scientists
• Trainers and educators

Indirect Occupations:

Jobs created in the production of all inputs into the photovoltaic industry on all intermediate levels of production:

• Architects and planners
• Builders
• Commodity suppliers – chemical industry, machinery industry, glass industry, electronic device producers, plastics and polymer industries, equipment suppliers, wire and cable makers, and steel, aluminium, copper, and other metal industries
• Trade and Skilled workers– roofers, electricians, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning installers
• ‘Energy exchange pool’, energy authorities and electric power utility employees
• Financers and investors
• Media and publishers
• Policy and program managers
• Employees at local and regional municipalities

Popularity: 1%

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