Where an energy consultant can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an energy consultant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Energy consultants advise clients on the advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources. They help clients to understand energy tariffs and try to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint by using energy efficient products and methods.
Also known as energy advisor, sustainability consultant, energy and sustainability consultant, energy saving advisor, energy saving equipment advisor, energy procurement consultant, energy advice consultant, energy saving consultant, energy and environmental consultant, energy procurement advisor.
Technicians and associate professionals 65 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: electricity sales representative, 85%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
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 consultant needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- forecast energy prices information skills
- define energy profiles information skills
- resource-efficient technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
- alternative energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
- analyse energy consumption information skills
- energy efficiency engineering, manufacturing and construction
- energy conservation engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an energy consultant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- renewable energy consultant 63% covered · difficulty 44.7
- solar energy sales consultant 60% covered · difficulty 47.3
- renewable energy sales representative 51% covered · difficulty 55.3
- domestic energy assessor 50% covered · difficulty 56.2
- electricity sales representative 44% covered · difficulty 61.6
- energy analyst 37% covered · difficulty 67.7
- energy conservation officer 24% covered · difficulty 77.1
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Energy consultant 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 consultant’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.