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

energy consultanttoenergy manager

A energy consultant already meets 33% of what the energy manager role asks for. The move turns on 26 required skills not yet in the profile.

From energy consultant
33%
Overlap1
To energy manager
20 Skills carried over
26 Required, not held
75.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.6/ 100

1 Share of the energy manager 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 manager role treats 14 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
  • advise on utility consumption
  • alternative energy
  • analyse energy consumption
  • conduct energy audit
  • corporate sustainability

What stands in the way is 26 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A energy manager 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 define energy profiles information skills
  • already held execute feasibility study on hydrogen information skills
  • already held resource-efficient technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conduct energy audit information skills

All 20 carried skills, including the 14 the energy manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 46 missing skills fall into 7 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 management skills 14 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held define manufacturing quality criteria required
  • required, not held develop energy policy required
  • required, not held create manufacturing guidelines required
  • required, not held develop business case required
  • required, not held develop manufacturing policies required
  • required, not held develop staff required
  • required, not held establish daily priorities required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage logistics required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held manage supplies required
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • required, not held strive for company growth required
  • required, not held supervise daily information operations required
  • optional, not held develop energy saving concepts optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare energy performance contracts required
  • required, not held promote innovative infrastructure design required
  • required, not held advise on sustainable management policies required
  • required, not held carry out energy management of facilities required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • optional, not held advise on hazards of heating systems optional
  • optional, not held write research proposals optional
  • optional, not held write scientific publications optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held electrical power safety regulations required
  • required, not held electricity consumption required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held sustainable technologies required
  • optional, not held gas consumption optional
  • optional, not held gas market optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held smart grids systems optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held energy market optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held follow company standards required
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held corporate social responsibility required
  • optional, not held contract law optional
06 constructing 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify faults in utility meters optional
  • optional, not held monitor utility equipment optional
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a energy manager 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held advise on utility consumption skill
  • already held alternative energy knowledge
  • already held analyse energy consumption skill
  • already held conduct energy audit skill
  • already held corporate sustainability knowledge
  • already held define energy profiles skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held energy efficiency knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held identify energy needs skill
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy skill
  • already held resource-efficient technologies knowledge
  • already held collaborate on international energy projects skill
  • already held execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
  • already held industrial heating systems knowledge
  • already held negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
  • already held negotiate terms with suppliers skill
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held calculate utility payments optional
  • optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
  • optional, not held analyse energy market trends optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held calculate utility payments optional
  • optional, not held gas consumption optional
  • optional, not held gas market optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held identify faults in utility meters optional
  • optional, not held monitor utility equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
  • optional, not held smart grids systems optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held advise on hazards of heating systems optional
  • optional, not held analyse energy market trends optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held develop energy saving concepts optional
  • optional, not held energy market optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
  • optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held write research proposals optional
  • optional, not held write scientific publications optional
45 held skills the energy manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 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 forecast energy prices skill
  • 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 inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
  • 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 sales contracts 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 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 hydrogen 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

5 further entries not listed here

12 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 corporate social responsibility required
  • required, not held electrical power safety regulations required
  • required, not held electricity consumption required
  • required, not held manufacturing processes required
  • required, not held sustainable technologies required
  • optional, not held gas consumption optional
  • optional, not held gas market optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held smart grids systems optional
  • optional, not held zero-energy building design optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held energy market 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.