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

energy managertoenergy conservation officer

A energy manager already meets 78% of what the energy conservation officer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From energy manager
78%
Overlap1
To energy conservation officer
13 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
22.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

78%

Learning distance Short step

22.4/ 100

1 Share of the energy conservation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the energy manager 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 13 of its required skills as things a energy manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on heating systems energy efficiency
  • analyse energy consumption
  • carry out energy management of facilities
  • define energy profiles
  • develop energy policy
  • energy conservation

What stands in the way is 3 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 energy conservation officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a energy manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop energy policy management skills
  • already held define energy profiles information skills
  • already held carry out energy management of facilities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held green building standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse energy consumption information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 13 the energy conservation officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 5 missing skills fall into 4 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 2 required
  • required, not held energy required
  • required, not held solar energy required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held teach energy principles required
03 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held determine appropriate heating and cooling system optional
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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
  • already held analyse energy consumption skill
  • already held carry out energy management of facilities skill
  • already held define energy profiles skill
  • already held develop energy policy skill
  • already held energy conservation knowledge
  • already held energy efficiency knowledge
  • already held energy market knowledge
  • already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
  • already held green building standards knowledge
  • already held identify energy needs skill
  • already held promote sustainable energy skill
  • already held renewable energy knowledge
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held determine appropriate heating and cooling system optional
  • optional, not held perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling optional
53 held skills the energy conservation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on hazards of heating systems skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on sustainable management policies skill
  • 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 analyse energy market trends skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate utility payments skill
  • 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 contract law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create manufacturing guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role define manufacturing quality criteria skill
  • not needed by the target role develop business case skill
  • not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role develop manufacturing policies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop staff skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical power safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
  • not needed by the target role execute feasibility study on hydrogen skill
  • not needed by the target role follow company standards skill
  • not needed by the target role gas consumption knowledge
  • not needed by the target role gas market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify faults in utility meters skill
  • not needed by the target role industrial heating systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect industrial equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor utility equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate terms with suppliers skill

13 further entries not listed here

2 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 energy required
  • required, not held solar energy required
Index

Other moves recorded from energy manager

Full index of moves from energy manager

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.