energy conservation officertoenergy analyst
A energy conservation officer already meets 46% of what the energy analyst role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
46%
59.5/ 100
1 Share of the energy analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy conservation officer 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 analyst role treats 13 of its required skills as things a energy conservation officer 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 14 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 analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a energy conservation officer 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 analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 energy sector policies required
- required, not held energy transformation required
- required, not held zero-energy building design required
- required, not held alternative energy required
- required, not held resource-efficient technologies required
- required, not held state estimation required
- required, not held collaborate on international energy projects required
- required, not held inform customers on energy consumption fees required
- required, not held prepare energy performance contracts required
- required, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction required
- optional, not held provide information on hydrogen optional
- required, not held conduct energy audit required
- required, not held forecast energy prices required
- required, not held analyse energy market trends required
- optional, not held execute feasibility study on hydrogen optional
- required, not held develop energy saving concepts required
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a energy analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 collaborate on international energy projects skill · sector specific
- 02 conduct energy audit skill · sector specific
- 03 energy sector policies knowledge · 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
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held execute feasibility study on hydrogen optional
- optional, not held provide information on hydrogen optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
5 held skills the energy analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role define energy profiles skill
- not needed by the target role determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling skill
- not needed by the target role teach energy principles skill
8 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 energy sector policies required
- required, not held energy transformation required
- required, not held zero-energy building design required
- required, not held alternative energy required
- required, not held resource-efficient technologies required
- required, not held state estimation required
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held computer simulation optional
Other moves recorded from energy conservation officer
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.