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

energy analysttorenewable energy consultant

A energy analyst already meets 35% of what the renewable energy consultant role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From energy analyst
35%
Overlap1
To renewable energy consultant
13 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
70.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

35%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.1/ 100

1 Share of the renewable energy consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy analyst 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 renewable energy consultant role treats 11 of its required skills as things a energy analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on carbon emissions reduction
  • advise on heating systems energy efficiency
  • alternative energy
  • corporate sustainability
  • energy conservation
  • energy efficiency

What stands in the way is 14 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A renewable energy consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a energy analyst 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 advise on carbon emissions reduction communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held resource-efficient technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held alternative energy engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held corporate sustainability business, administration and law

All 13 carried skills, including the 11 the renewable energy consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held instruct on energy saving technologies required
  • required, not held provide information on geothermal heat pumps required
  • required, not held develop professional network required
  • required, not held inform on government funding required
  • required, not held promote environmental awareness required
  • optional, not held advise on utility consumption optional
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held negotiate improvement with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held answer requests for quotation optional
  • optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held negotiate terms with suppliers optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held characteristics of products required
  • required, not held wind energy required
  • required, not held solar products required
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
  • optional, not held domestic heating systems optional
  • optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
03 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held assess customers required
  • required, not held provide information on wind turbines required
  • required, not held provide information on solar panels required
04 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held characteristics of services required
  • required, not held market analysis required
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held electricity market optional
05 information skills 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held perform market research required
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held carry out sales analysis optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on biogas energy optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on mini wind power optional
  • optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a renewable 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held alternative energy knowledge
  • already held corporate sustainability knowledge
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held energy efficiency knowledge
  • already held identify energy needs skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy skill
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
  • already held resource-efficient technologies knowledge
  • already held solar energy knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on utility consumption optional
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held carry out sales analysis optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held negotiate improvement with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on biogas energy optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on mini wind power optional
  • optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
  • optional, not held answer requests for quotation optional
  • optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
  • optional, not held domestic heating systems optional
  • optional, not held electricity market optional
  • optional, not held identify suppliers optional
  • optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held negotiate terms with suppliers optional
18 held skills the renewable energy consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse energy consumption skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse energy market trends skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out energy management of facilities skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate on international energy projects skill
  • not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct energy audit skill
  • not needed by the target role develop energy policy skill
  • not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy sector policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy transformation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast energy prices skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare energy performance contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on hydrogen skill
  • not needed by the target role state estimation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role zero-energy building design knowledge
12 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 characteristics of products required
  • required, not held characteristics of services required
  • required, not held wind energy required
  • required, not held market analysis required
  • required, not held solar products required
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held sales argumentation optional
  • optional, not held sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
  • optional, not held domestic heating systems optional
  • optional, not held electricity market optional
  • optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from energy analyst

Full index of moves from energy analyst

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.