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

energy systems engineertoenergy conservation officer

A energy systems engineer already meets 76% of what the energy conservation officer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From energy systems engineer
76%
Overlap1
To energy conservation officer
14 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
25.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

76%

Learning distance Short step

25.7/ 100

1 Share of the energy conservation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy systems 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 12 of its required skills as things a energy systems engineer 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
  • define energy profiles
  • energy
  • energy conservation

What stands in the way is 4 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 14 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 systems engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling information skills
  • already held determine appropriate heating and cooling system management skills
  • already held define energy profiles information 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

All 14 carried skills, including the 12 the energy conservation officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 4 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held energy efficiency required
  • required, not held green building standards required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held teach energy principles required
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop energy policy 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 define energy profiles skill
  • already held energy knowledge
  • already held energy conservation 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
  • already held determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill
  • already held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
78 held skills the energy conservation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt energy distribution schedules skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role assess financial viability 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 business intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role combined heat and power generation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct engineering site audits skill
  • not needed by the target role create CAD drawings skill
  • not needed by the target role data analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
  • 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 district heating and cooling energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design electric power systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design heat pump installations skill
  • not needed by the target role design passive energy measures skill
  • not needed by the target role design solar energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role determine internal air quality parameters skill
  • not needed by the target role district heating and cooling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draw blueprints skill
  • 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 engineering principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine engineering principles skill
  • not needed by the target role fuel distribution systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geothermal energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geothermal energy systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role heat transfer processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify fitted source for heat pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial heating systems knowledge

38 further entries not listed here

2 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 efficiency required
  • required, not held green building standards required
Index
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.