Career Overlap Transition record
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Energy assessor to renewable energy sales representative

An energy assessor already meets 36% of what the renewable energy sales representative role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From energy assessor
36 % overlap
Distant match
To renewable energy sales representative
14 You already bring
11 Still to learn
44 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.3/ 100

1 How much of what a renewable energy sales representative is expected to do is already part of an energy assessor’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the renewable energy sales representative role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A renewable energy sales representative role treats 8 of its required skills as things an energy assessor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • advise on heating systems energy efficiency
  • identify energy needs
  • promote sustainable energy
  • provide information on geothermal heat pumps
  • provide information on solar panels
  • provide information on wind turbines

What stands in the way is 11 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A renewable energy sales representative role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an energy assessor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide information on geothermal heat pumps communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide information on solar panels assisting and caring
  • already held provide information on wind turbines assisting and caring
  • already held advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held domestic heating systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity

All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the renewable energy sales representative role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 11 supplementary
  • still to learn identify customer's needs required
  • still to learn inform customers on energy consumption fees required
  • still to learn answer requests for quotation required
  • still to learn inform on government funding required
  • still to learn manage contracts required
  • optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held negotiate improvement with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
  • optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
  • optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage development of promotional material optional
  • optional, not held negotiate terms with suppliers optional
02 business, administration and law 3 required
  • still to learn characteristics of services required
  • still to learn sales argumentation required
  • still to learn sales strategies required
03 information skills 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • still to learn carry out sales analysis required
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
  • optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
  • optional, not held review completed contracts optional
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn characteristics of products required
  • optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn assess customers required
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a renewable energy sales representative 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held identify energy needs 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 renewable energy knowledge
  • already held solar energy knowledge
  • 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 performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held promote environmental awareness skill
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
  • optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
  • optional, not held negotiate improvement with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
  • optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
  • optional, not held attend trade fairs optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
  • optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
  • optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage development of promotional material optional
  • optional, not held negotiate terms with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held perform market research optional
  • optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
  • optional, not held review completed contracts optional
11 held skills the renewable energy sales representative role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse energy consumption skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out energy management of facilities skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct energy audit skill
  • not needed by the target role electricity consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
  • not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on electric heating skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare energy performance contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainability consulting knowledge
5 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn characteristics of products required
  • still to learn characteristics of services required
  • still to learn sales argumentation required
  • still to learn sales strategies required
  • optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from energy assessor

Full index of moves from energy assessor

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an energy assessor become a renewable energy sales representative?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An energy assessor already covers 36% of what a renewable energy sales representative is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 8 of which the renewable energy sales representative role treats as required.

What skills does an energy assessor need to become a renewable energy sales representative?

11 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assess customers.

How hard is the move from energy assessor to renewable energy sales representative?

Its learning distance is 67.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.