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

energy engineertoenergy conservation officer

A energy engineer already meets 68% of what the energy conservation officer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From energy engineer
68%
Overlap1
To energy conservation officer
12 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
33 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

68%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33/ 100

1 Share of the energy conservation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy engineer 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 11 of its required skills as things a energy engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse energy consumption
  • carry out energy management of facilities
  • develop energy policy
  • energy
  • energy conservation
  • energy efficiency

What stands in the way is 5 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 12 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 engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop energy policy management skills
  • already held determine appropriate heating and cooling system management skills
  • already held carry out energy management of facilities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse energy consumption information skills
  • already held energy market engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held energy engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 12 carried skills, including the 11 the energy conservation officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 6 missing skills fall into 3 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 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held define energy profiles required
  • required, not held identify energy needs required
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held teach energy principles required
  • required, not held advise on heating systems energy efficiency required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held green building standards 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 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
96 held skills the energy conservation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role alternative fuels knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse energy market trends skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role biogas energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role building automation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate solar panel orientation skill
  • not needed by the target role combined heat and power generation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct energy audit skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct engineering site audits skill
  • not needed by the target role create designs for pipeline engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate disciplinary expertise skill
  • not needed by the target role design a building management system skill
  • not needed by the target role design a domotic system in buildings skill
  • not needed by the target role design a solar absorption cooling system skill
  • not needed by the target role design a solar heating system skill
  • not needed by the target role design biomass installations skill
  • not needed by the target role design geothermal energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design heat pump installations skill
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design smart grids skill
  • not needed by the target role design solar energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design thermal equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role design ventilation network skill
  • not needed by the target role develop electricity distribution schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role develop strategies for electricity contingencies skill
  • not needed by the target role district heating and cooling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electric generators knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical power safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy micro-generation technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy transformation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with electricity distribution schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge

56 further entries not listed here

1 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 green building standards required
Index

Other moves recorded from energy engineer

Full index of moves from energy engineer

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.