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

energy consultanttoenergy analyst

A energy consultant already meets 57% of what the energy analyst role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From energy consultant
57%
Overlap1
To energy analyst
18 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
48.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

57%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.9/ 100

1 Share of the energy analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy consultant 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 analyst role treats 15 of its required skills as things a energy consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on heating systems energy efficiency
  • alternative energy
  • analyse energy consumption
  • collaborate on international energy projects
  • conduct energy audit
  • energy conservation

What stands in the way is 12 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 18 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 consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held collaborate on international energy projects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held forecast energy prices information skills
  • already held provide information on hydrogen communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held inform customers on energy consumption fees communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held execute feasibility study on hydrogen information skills
  • already held resource-efficient technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 18 carried skills, including the 15 the energy analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 5 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 6 required
  • required, not held energy sector policies required
  • required, not held energy transformation required
  • required, not held zero-energy building design required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held energy market required
  • required, not held state estimation required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required
  • required, not held prepare energy performance contracts required
  • required, not held advise on carbon emissions reduction required
  • required, not held carry out energy management of facilities required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held develop energy policy required
  • required, not held develop energy saving concepts required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held analyse energy market trends required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held computer simulation optional
Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held alternative energy knowledge
  • already held analyse energy consumption skill
  • already held collaborate on international energy projects skill
  • already held conduct energy audit skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held energy efficiency knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held forecast energy prices skill
  • already held identify energy needs skill
  • already held inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy skill
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
  • already held resource-efficient technologies knowledge
  • already held solar energy knowledge
  • already held corporate sustainability knowledge
  • already held execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
  • already held provide information on hydrogen skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held computer simulation optional
47 held skills the energy analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on utility consumption skill
  • not needed by the target role alternative fuels knowledge
  • 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 define energy profiles skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
  • not needed by the target role design building retrofitting solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role domestic heating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role identify suppliers 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 industrial heating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct on energy saving technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage distribution of destination promotional materials skill
  • not needed by the target role manage production of destination promotional materials skill
  • not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate terms with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on electric heating skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare sales checks skill
  • not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness 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

7 further entries not listed here

7 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 sector policies required
  • required, not held energy transformation required
  • required, not held zero-energy building design required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held energy market required
  • required, not held state estimation required
  • optional, not held computer simulation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from energy consultant

Full index of moves from energy consultant

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.