renewable energy consultanttodomestic energy assessor
A renewable energy consultant already meets 78% of what the domestic energy assessor role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
78%
27.6/ 100
1 Share of the domestic energy assessor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the renewable 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 this move works
A domestic energy assessor role treats 16 of its required skills as things a renewable energy consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- advise on utility consumption
- answer requests for quotation
- assess customers
- carry out sales analysis
- characteristics of products
What stands in the way is 2 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A domestic energy assessor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a renewable energy consultant background worth leading with.
- already held inform customers on energy consumption fees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held perform smart grid feasibility study information skills
- already held provide information on geothermal heat pumps communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess customers assisting and caring
- already held solar products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held inform on government funding communication, collaboration and creativity
All 32 carried skills, including the 16 the domestic energy assessor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 4 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 advise on hazards of heating systems required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held manage development of promotional material optional
- required, not held determine appropriate heating and cooling system required
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held review completed contracts optional
- optional, not held gas market optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a domestic energy assessor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill · sector specific
- 02 advise on hazards of heating systems skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 32 skills that carry over
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
- already held advise on utility consumption skill
- already held answer requests for quotation skill
- already held assess customers skill
- already held carry out sales analysis skill
- already held characteristics of products knowledge
- already held characteristics of services knowledge
- already held domestic heating systems knowledge
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held identify energy needs skill
- already held inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held sales argumentation knowledge
- already held sales strategies knowledge
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held electricity market knowledge
- already held inform on government funding skill
- already held negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
- already held negotiate terms with suppliers skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held perform smart grid feasibility study skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held provide information on geothermal heat pumps skill
- already held provide information on solar panels skill
- already held provide information on wind turbines skill
- already held renewable energy knowledge
- already held solar energy knowledge
- already held solar products knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held gas market optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held manage development of promotional material optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- optional, not held review completed contracts optional
16 held skills the domestic energy assessor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
- not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role industrial heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role instruct on energy saving technologies skill
- not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on biogas energy skill
- not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on mini wind power skill
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainability consulting knowledge
- not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held gas market 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.