Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

domestic energy assessortoenergy conservation officer

A domestic energy assessor already meets 44% of what the energy conservation officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From domestic energy assessor
44%
Overlap1
To energy conservation officer
8 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
53.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53.3/ 100

1 Share of the energy conservation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the domestic energy assessor profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A energy conservation officer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a domestic energy assessor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on heating systems energy efficiency
  • energy conservation
  • energy performance of buildings
  • identify energy needs
  • promote sustainable energy
  • renewable energy

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A energy conservation officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a domestic energy assessor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held determine appropriate heating and cooling system management skills
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held identify energy needs information skills
  • already held solar energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held promote sustainable energy communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held renewable energy engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the energy conservation officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required
  • required, not held energy efficiency required
  • required, not held green building standards required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held energy market required
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held define energy profiles required
  • required, not held analyse energy consumption required
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held teach energy principles required
  • required, not held carry out energy management of facilities required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop energy policy required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a energy conservation officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held identify energy needs skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy skill
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
  • already held solar energy knowledge
  • already held determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
38 held skills the energy conservation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on hazards of heating systems skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on utility consumption skill
  • not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
  • not needed by the target role assess customers skill
  • not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
  • not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out sales analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of services knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
  • not needed by the target role domestic heating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gas market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
  • not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with advertising agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage development of promotional material skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor after sales records skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate terms with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role perform smart grid feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role plan customers' sales visits skill
  • not needed by the target role plan event marketing for promotional campaigns skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare sales checks skill
  • not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on geothermal heat pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on solar panels skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on wind turbines skill
  • not needed by the target role review completed contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held energy efficiency required
  • required, not held green building standards required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held energy market required
Index

Other moves recorded from domestic energy assessor

Full index of moves from domestic energy assessor

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.