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Every solar and battery CPD course we make — 16 and counting — plus every new release and access to Chat with Pat, for one yearly fee. Real training from a licensed inspector, done online in 30–45 minute sessions.

16 CPD courses · 275 points1,000+ installers enrolled30-day money-back guarantee
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How it works

CPD points in three steps — no gruelling reading

Most CPD is a wall of text and a quiz you forget by Friday. Ours is video, from someone who inspects these installs every day, and it's over in one smoko break.

1

Subscribe

One payment, instant access. Log in from your phone, tablet or laptop — the whole library is unlocked straight away.

2

Watch a course

Short, practical videos filmed on real jobs. 30 minutes for 15 points, 45 for 20. Pause it, come back to it, rewatch the bit you need on site.

3

Pass the quiz, get your certificate

Answer the quiz at the end and your SAA-recognised certificate is in your account immediately.

Typical CPD course

  • 40 pages of text, then a quiz
  • Manufacturer sales pitch dressed up as training
  • Nothing you'll actually use on the job
  • Buy again for every course

Southwell Solar Training

  • Video from a licensed electrical inspector
  • Built around what actually fails inspections
  • Something you'll use this week, every course
  • Everything included, all year, one fee
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What you'll actually learn

The training you need after accreditation

Accreditation tells you the rules exist. These courses show you how they play out on real roofs, in real switchboards, on jobs that passed and jobs that didn't.

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Stop defects before sign-off

The defects inspectors find most on solar and battery jobs — and how to catch every one before the inspector does.

4 courses · Visual Defects P1 & P2, Solar & Battery Defects, Older Systems
🔌

Test it properly

Insulation resistance, anti-islanding, backup-mode and battery tests — run correctly, recorded correctly, every time.

3 courses · Testing a Battery Installation, Inspection P2, Scott Beesley (ESV)
🏷️

Label it right, first time

Exactly which labels a solar or battery system needs, what they must say and where they go under AS/NZS 5033, 4777.1 and 5139.

2 courses · Solar Labelling, Battery Labelling
🔋

Put the battery in the right place

Exclusion zones, clearances and barriers under AS/NZS 5139 so the location passes — before you've drilled a hole.

1 course · Battery Locations
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Know the standards that apply

What changed in AS/NZS 4777.1:2024, how to date an undocumented system, and when a switchboard needs a summation check.

5 courses · Timeline, Summation, Sandy Atkins P1 & P2, Manufacturer Selection
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Inspect like an inspector

Walk a complete inspection with Pat — rooftop, inverter, battery, switchboard — so you know exactly what gets checked.

3 courses · Inspection P1 & P2, Inspection of an Older System
Included in your subscription

Ever wished you could ask an inspector before you sign off?

Chat with Pat is an AI assistant built on our course content and years of Pat's real-world experience. Ask it the question you'd normally ring a mate about — on site, on the day — and get pointed in the right direction.

  • General guidance on installation decisions, from Pat's years in the industry
  • Rules, regulations and manufacturer's instructions, explained in plain language
  • The questions Pat gets asked over and over — answered on the spot, with the course that covers it
  • Inside your course dashboard, whenever you're working

General advice and guidance from a licensed electrical inspector, plus all your CPD, for less than $200 a year.

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Hey Pat, got a battery going in a garage. Can it sit under the switchboard?
Short answer — probably not. Battery locations have clearance and exclusion-zone rules, and the space around a switchboard usually falls inside them. Have a look at the location rules before you commit to that spot — and check the manufacturer's instructions for that battery too.See: Battery Locations course → Module 3
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Search our course library by topic — battery testing, labelling, inverter changes — and see which courses cover it before you spend a cent.

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Pat Southwell
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Pat Southwell — Licensed Electrical Inspector

25+ years electrical15 years in solar5,000+ inspectionsSolar Victoria auditor

Pat inspects solar and battery installations for a living, then turns what he sees into the courses in this library. Installers across the country ring him about the grey areas — this subscription puts that knowledge in your pocket.

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All your CPD. Every new course.

  • 16 CPD courses, 275 points
  • Every future release included
  • Access to Chat with Pat
  • Certificates instantly
  • Watch on any device
  • Short 30–45 minute videos
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