The International Solar Cleaning Academy (ISCA) and the International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA) have announced a partnership program to provide solar panel cleaning health and safety training to the window cleaning industry. The program will offer a comprehensive curriculum that covers all aspects of solar panel cleaning, including safety, PPE, equipment, and best practices. IWCA [...]
Safe Work Australia are a goverment-associated health and safety body. In January 2016, they issued a revised version of their working at height guidance. In this document, work around solar panels is specifically mentioned twice. The document flags several working at height issues. ALL listed pertain to solar panel cleaning. They are: Working at height [...]
The International Solar Cleaning Academy (ISCA) have been asked to co-host a series of educational classes alongside Soilar Technologies at the upcoming International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA) Convention. It is widely anticipated to be the world’s largest window cleaning convention ever, with the collaboration of power washing and solar panel cleaning attendees and visitors! The [...]
In this series of articles, we discuss the basics of how to set up a solar panel cleaning business. There will be many variances and personal opinions on topics discussed. However, we seek to build a series of go-to articles that can be shared, read and understood by anyone seeking to set up a solar [...]
Can de-ionised (DI) water conduct DC electricity when solar panel cleaning? This is an excellent question. In this article, we will break the question down and discuss a few things. Firstly, what is DI water? Secondly, what is DC electricity? Thirdly, what happens when you mix DI water and DC electricity when solar [...]
Part 1 of this series looked at working at height risks specific to residential solar panel cleaning, what OSHA has to say about working at height, the Hierarchy of Fall Protection, what bearing this has on solar panel cleaners. The guidance is broken down into 4 steps, the first of which is in Part 1: [...]
Residential solar panel cleaning has the potential to require a lot of working at height. The more working at height you do, the higher the chance of a fall from height becomes. In a research paper based on 32 years of data from the NIOSH Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program researchers found that 54% of workers [...]
What do the warranties of solar panel manufacturers say about solar panel cleaning? Below, we quote directly from a number of the world’s best-selling solar panel manufacturers manuals. Please note that they are all slightly different in their warranty requirements. They vary in regards to their advice about solar panel cleaning, the frequency of solar [...]
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