energy analysttoenergy conservation officer
A energy analyst already meets 78% of what the energy conservation officer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
78%
23.9/ 100
1 Share of the energy conservation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy analyst 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 this move works
A energy conservation officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a energy analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- analyse energy consumption
- carry out energy management of facilities
- develop energy policy
- energy
- energy conservation
What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 13 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 energy analyst background worth leading with.
- already held develop energy policy management skills
- already held carry out energy management of facilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse energy consumption information skills
- already held energy market engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held identify energy needs information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 13 the energy conservation officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 5 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.
- required, not held define energy profiles required
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
- required, not held teach energy principles required
- required, not held green building standards required
- optional, not held determine appropriate heating and cooling system optional
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.
- 01 define energy profiles skill · sector specific
- 02 green building standards knowledge · sector specific
- 03 teach energy principles skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
- already held analyse energy consumption skill
- already held carry out energy management of facilities skill
- already held develop energy policy skill
- already held energy knowledge
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy efficiency knowledge
- already held energy market 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
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held determine appropriate heating and cooling system optional
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
18 held skills the energy conservation officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
- not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse energy market trends skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate on international energy projects skill
- not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct energy audit skill
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
- not needed by the target role energy sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy transformation knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
- not needed by the target role forecast energy prices skill
- not needed by the target role inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
- not needed by the target role prepare energy performance contracts skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on hydrogen skill
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role state estimation knowledge
- not needed by the target role zero-energy building design knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held green building standards required
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.