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

energy consultanttoenergy conservation officer

A 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.

From energy consultant
64%
Overlap1
To energy conservation officer
12 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
35.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

35.4/ 100

1 Share of the energy conservation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy consultant 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 energy conservation officer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a energy consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A energy conservation officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a energy consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 6 missing skills fall into 3 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required
  • required, not held green building standards required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held energy market required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held teach energy principles required
  • required, not held carry out energy management of facilities required
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held develop energy policy required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a energy conservation officer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
53 held skills the energy conservation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held green building standards required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held energy market required
Index
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.