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

renewable energy sales representativetoenergy consultant

A renewable energy sales representative already meets 51% of what the energy consultant role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From renewable energy sales representative
51%
Overlap1
To energy consultant
37 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
55.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.3/ 100

1 Share of the energy consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the renewable energy sales representative 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 consultant role treats 2 of its required skills as things a renewable energy sales representative already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on utility consumption
  • energy conservation

What stands in the way is 6 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 37 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A energy consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a renewable energy sales representative 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 provide information on geothermal heat pumps communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assess customers assisting and caring
  • already held prepare sales checks information skills
  • already held inform on government funding communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on solar panels assisting and caring

All 37 carried skills, including the 2 the energy consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 6 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 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held define energy profiles required
  • required, not held forecast energy prices required
  • required, not held analyse energy consumption required
  • optional, not held conduct energy audit optional
  • optional, not held execute feasibility study on hydrogen optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on electric heating optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held energy efficiency required
  • required, not held alternative energy required
  • required, not held resource-efficient technologies required
  • optional, not held shale gas optional
  • optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held collaborate on international energy projects optional
  • optional, not held design building retrofitting solutions optional
  • optional, not held instruct on energy saving technologies optional
  • optional, not held manage distribution of destination promotional materials optional
  • optional, not held manage production of destination promotional materials optional
  • optional, not held negotiate sales contracts optional
  • optional, not held provide information on hydrogen optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
04 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held market analysis optional
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held determine appropriate heating and cooling system optional
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held alternative fuels optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a energy 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 37 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on utility consumption skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held answer requests for quotation skill
  • already held assess customers skill
  • already held assess supplier risks skill
  • already held attend trade fairs skill
  • already held carry out sales analysis skill
  • already held characteristics of products knowledge
  • already held characteristics of services knowledge
  • already held deliver a sales pitch skill
  • already held domestic heating systems knowledge
  • already held electricity market knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held identify energy needs skill
  • already held implement marketing strategies skill
  • already held implement sales strategies skill
  • already held industrial heating systems knowledge
  • already held inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
  • already held inform on government funding skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
  • already held negotiate terms with suppliers skill
  • already held perform market research skill
  • already held prepare sales checks skill
  • already held promote environmental awareness 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 review completed contracts skill
  • already held sales argumentation knowledge
  • already held sales strategies knowledge
  • already held solar energy knowledge
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held shale gas optional
  • optional, not held alternative fuels optional
  • optional, not held collaborate on international energy projects optional
  • optional, not held conduct energy audit optional
  • optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
  • optional, not held design building retrofitting solutions optional
  • optional, not held determine appropriate heating and cooling system optional
  • optional, not held execute feasibility study on hydrogen optional
  • optional, not held instruct on energy saving technologies optional
  • optional, not held manage distribution of destination promotional materials optional
  • optional, not held manage production of destination promotional materials optional
  • optional, not held negotiate sales contracts optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on electric heating optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling optional
  • optional, not held provide information on hydrogen optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
  • optional, not held market analysis optional
7 held skills the energy consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role achieve sales targets skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with advertising agencies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contract disputes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage development of promotional material skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor after sales records skill
  • not needed by the target role plan customers' sales visits skill
  • not needed by the target role plan event marketing for promotional campaigns skill
10 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 energy efficiency required
  • required, not held alternative energy required
  • required, not held resource-efficient technologies required
  • optional, not held shale gas optional
  • optional, not held alternative fuels optional
  • optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
  • optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
  • optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
  • optional, not held electricity optional
  • optional, not held market analysis optional
Index

Other moves recorded from renewable energy sales representative

Full index of moves from renewable energy sales representative

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.