Where an energy assessor can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an energy assessor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Energy assessors determine the energy performance of buildings. They create an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) which indicates what the estimated energy consumption of a property is. Furthermore they give advice on how to improve energy conservation.
Also known as energy savings advisor, EPC certification assessor, energy consumption advisor, energy performance certificate assessor, household energy use assessor, energy performance assessor.
Technicians and associate professionals 25 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: energy conservation officer, 66%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
An energy assessor needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- prepare energy performance contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
- carry out energy management of facilities communication, collaboration and creativity
- green building standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
- advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
- conduct energy audit information skills
- domestic heating systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
- analyse energy consumption information skills
- electricity market business, administration and law
- electricity consumption engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an energy assessor does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- energy consultant 74% covered · difficulty 27.1
- energy manager 73% covered · difficulty 27.2
- renewable energy consultant 66% covered · difficulty 34.1
- energy analyst 56% covered · difficulty 43.1
- renewable energy sales representative 53% covered · difficulty 46.6
- domestic energy assessor 51% covered · difficulty 48.2
- energy conservation officer 51% covered · difficulty 48.3
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Energy assessor is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an energy assessor’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.