Energy consultant to energy conservation officer
An energy consultant already meets 64% of what the energy conservation officer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
35.4/ 100
1 How much of what an energy conservation officer is expected to do is already part of an energy consultant’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 energy conservation officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An energy conservation officer role treats 10 of its required skills as things an energy consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- analyse energy consumption
- define energy profiles
- energy conservation
- energy efficiency
- energy performance of buildings
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 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An energy conservation officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an energy consultant background worth leading with.
- already held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling information skills
- already held determine appropriate heating and cooling system management skills
- already held define energy profiles information skills
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse energy consumption information skills
- already held identify energy needs information skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 10 the energy conservation officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 3 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.
- still to learn green building standards required
- still to learn energy required
- still to learn energy market required
- still to learn teach energy principles required
- still to learn carry out energy management of facilities required
- still to learn develop energy policy required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an energy conservation officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop energy policy practise this
- 02 green building standards study this
- 03 teach energy principles practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
- already held analyse energy consumption skill
- already held define energy profiles skill
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy efficiency knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held identify energy needs skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held renewable energy knowledge
- already held solar energy knowledge
- already held determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill
- already held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
53 held skills the energy conservation officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on utility consumption skill
- not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role alternative fuels knowledge
- not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
- not needed by the target role assess customers skill
- not needed by the target role assess supplier risks skill
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- not needed by the target role carry out sales analysis skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of services knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate on international energy projects skill
- not needed by the target role conduct energy audit skill
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role design building retrofitting solutions skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role domestic heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity market 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 identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role industrial heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
- not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
- not needed by the target role instruct on energy saving technologies skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage distribution of destination promotional materials skill
- not needed by the target role manage production of destination promotional materials skill
- not needed by the target role market analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate terms with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on electric heating skill
- not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling skill
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role prepare sales checks skill
13 further entries not listed here
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn green building standards required
- still to learn energy required
- still to learn energy market required
Common questions about this move
Can an energy consultant become an energy conservation officer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An energy consultant already covers 64% of what an energy conservation officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 10 of which the energy conservation officer role treats as required.
What skills does an energy consultant need to become an energy conservation officer?
6 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is develop energy policy.
How hard is the move from energy consultant to energy conservation officer?
Its learning distance is 35.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.