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

green ICT consultanttosmart city consultant

A green ICT consultant already meets 17% of what the smart city consultant role asks for. The move turns on 30 required skills not yet in the profile.

From green ICT consultant
17%
Overlap1
To smart city consultant
8 Skills carried over
30 Required, not held
86.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

17%

Learning distance A rebuild

86.4/ 100

1 Share of the smart city consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the green ICT 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 smart city consultant role treats 6 of its required skills as things a green ICT consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • ICT environmental policies
  • consult with business clients
  • create project specifications
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation
  • manage environmental impact of operations
  • provide ICT consulting advice

What stands in the way is 30 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A smart city consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a green ICT consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ICT environmental policies information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held consult with business clients communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create project specifications management skills
  • already held provide ICT consulting advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held emergent technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held manage environmental impact of operations assisting and caring

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the smart city consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 40 missing skills fall into 9 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 12 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held consult with industry professionals required
  • required, not held design smart grids required
  • required, not held implement environmental action plans required
  • required, not held liaise with architects required
  • required, not held promote innovative infrastructure design required
  • required, not held advise on sustainability solutions required
  • required, not held advise on sustainable management policies required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • required, not held promote sustainability required
  • required, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems required
  • required, not held provide technical expertise required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
02 business, administration and law 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT project management required
  • required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
  • required, not held architecture regulations required
  • required, not held consultation methods required
  • required, not held urban planning law required
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 4 required
  • required, not held smart grids systems required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • required, not held environmental engineering required
  • required, not held urban planning required
04 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform smart grid feasibility study required
  • required, not held advise on environmental risk management systems required
  • required, not held analyse business plans required
  • optional, not held develop urban transport studies optional
  • optional, not held seek innovation in current practices optional
05 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held handle geospatial technologies required
  • required, not held use geographic information systems required
  • optional, not held implement route planning in smart mobility services optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage environmental impact required
  • optional, not held coordinate environmental efforts optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a smart city consultant 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held ICT environmental policies knowledge
  • already held consult with business clients skill
  • already held create project specifications skill
  • already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • already held manage environmental impact of operations skill
  • already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • already held emergent technologies knowledge
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held smart city features required
  • optional, not held Internet of Things optional
08 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop environmental policy required
  • optional, not held develop concepts for city marketing optional
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held geographic information systems required
  • optional, not held ecology optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop concepts for city marketing optional
  • optional, not held Internet of Things optional
  • optional, not held design for organisational complexity optional
  • optional, not held develop urban transport studies optional
  • optional, not held implement route planning in smart mobility services optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held coordinate environmental efforts optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held seek innovation in current practices optional
19 held skills the smart city consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
  • not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role optimise choice of ICT solution skill
  • not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
  • not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sustainability consulting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sustainable technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
14 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 ICT project management required
  • required, not held ICT project management methodologies required
  • required, not held architecture regulations required
  • required, not held consultation methods required
  • required, not held geographic information systems required
  • required, not held smart city features required
  • required, not held smart grids systems required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • required, not held environmental engineering required
  • required, not held urban planning required
  • required, not held urban planning law required
  • optional, not held Internet of Things optional
  • optional, not held business intelligence optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from green ICT consultant

Full index of moves from green ICT 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.