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

renewable energy consultanttoelectricity sales representative

A renewable energy consultant already meets 71% of what the electricity sales representative role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.

From renewable energy consultant
71%
Overlap1
To electricity sales representative
24 Skills carried over
2 Required, not held
31.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

71%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

31.8/ 100

1 Share of the electricity sales representative 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

Why this move works

A electricity sales representative role treats 12 of its required skills as things a renewable energy consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • answer requests for quotation
  • assess customers
  • carry out sales analysis
  • characteristics of products
  • characteristics of services
  • electricity market

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A electricity sales representative 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held inform customers on energy consumption fees communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assess customers assisting and caring
  • already held advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held electricity market business, administration and law
  • already held identify energy needs information skills

All 24 carried skills, including the 12 the electricity sales representative role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 5 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 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor after sales records required
  • optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
  • optional, not held review completed contracts optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electricity required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held achieve sales targets 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 upsell products optional
04 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 2 entries a electricity sales representative 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 electricity market 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 advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held advise on utility consumption skill
  • already held assess supplier risks skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held identify suppliers skill
  • already held negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
  • already held negotiate terms with suppliers skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy skill
  • already held prospect new customers skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
  • optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held achieve sales targets 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
  • optional, not held upsell products optional
24 held skills the electricity sales representative role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 attend trade fairs skill
  • 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 domestic heating systems knowledge
  • 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 industrial heating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
  • 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 perform smart grid feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on geothermal heat pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on solar panels skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on wind turbines skill
  • not needed by the target role renewable energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solar energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sustainability consulting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge
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 electricity required
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
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.