ICT consultanttogreen ICT consultant
A ICT consultant already meets 26% of what the green ICT consultant role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
26%
69.7/ 100
1 Share of the green ICT consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the 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 this move works
A green ICT consultant role treats 3 of its required skills as things a ICT consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- create project specifications
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- provide ICT consulting advice
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A green ICT consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ICT consultant background worth leading with.
- already held ICT sales methodologies business, administration and law
- already held optimise choice of ICT solution working with computers
- 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 legal requirements of ICT products business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the green ICT consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 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.
- required, not held green building standards required
- required, not held sustainability consulting required
- required, not held resource-efficient technologies required
- required, not held sustainable technologies required
- required, not held consult with business clients required
- required, not held promote environmental awareness required
- required, not held report on environmental issues required
- optional, not held advise on environmental remediation optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
- required, not held manage environmental impact of operations required
- required, not held ICT environmental policies required
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- required, not held apply business acumen required
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- optional, not held ICT market optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a green ICT consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT environmental policies knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 consult with business clients skill · sector specific
- 03 green building standards knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held create project specifications skill
- already held optimise choice of ICT solution skill
- already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
- already held ICT sales methodologies knowledge
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held emergent technologies knowledge
- already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT market optional
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- optional, not held advise on environmental remediation optional
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
30 held skills the green ICT consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT process quality models knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
- not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role analyse software specifications skill
- not needed by the target role game theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify ICT user needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer requirements skill
- not needed by the target role identify technological needs skill
- not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
- not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role manage ICT change request process skill
- not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
- not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
- not needed by the target role monitor system performance skill
- not needed by the target role provide user documentation skill
- not needed by the target role software components libraries knowledge
- not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
- not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role use e-services skill
- not needed by the target role verify formal ICT specifications skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
10 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held ICT environmental policies required
- required, not held green building standards required
- required, not held sustainability consulting required
- required, not held resource-efficient technologies required
- required, not held sustainable technologies required
- optional, not held ICT market optional
- optional, not held ICT power consumption optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
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.