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

renewable energy consultanttoenergy assessor

A renewable energy consultant already meets 66% of what the energy assessor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From renewable energy consultant
66%
Overlap1
To energy assessor
17 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
34.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

34.1/ 100

1 Share of the 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

Why this move works

A energy assessor role treats 9 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
  • domestic heating systems
  • electricity market
  • energy conservation
  • energy efficiency

What stands in the way is 5 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held sustainability consulting engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held provide information on geothermal heat pumps communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on solar panels assisting and caring
  • already held green building standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held provide information on wind turbines assisting and caring
  • already held advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the energy assessor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct energy audit required
  • required, not held analyse energy consumption required
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on electric heating optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held prepare energy performance contracts required
  • required, not held carry out energy management of facilities required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held electricity consumption required
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide information optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a energy assessor 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held advise on utility consumption skill
  • already held domestic heating systems knowledge
  • already held electricity market knowledge
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held energy efficiency knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held green building standards knowledge
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
  • already held identify energy needs skill
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy 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 solar energy knowledge
  • already held sustainability consulting knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on electric heating optional
  • optional, not held provide information optional
31 held skills the energy assessor 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 answer requests for quotation skill
  • not needed by the target role assess customers skill
  • not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
  • not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out sales analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of services 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 identify customer's needs skill
  • 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 inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
  • 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 manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate terms with suppliers skill
  • 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 market research skill
  • not needed by the target role perform smart grid feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
  • not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solar products 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held electricity consumption required
Index

Other moves recorded from renewable energy consultant

Full index of moves from renewable energy 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.