In order to start this great green career as a solar fabrication technician you will need to have training in the fabrication arena. This training should be a very quick turn around for people who need to find a job within the next couple of years. The schooling needed can be from either a technical school are a community college. After about 2 years you should be properly trained and ready to start in this field. Schooling should cost around $8 to $15 thousand a year.