Green ICT consultant to ICT consultant
A green ICT consultant already meets 25% of what the ICT consultant role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.3/ 100
1 How much of what an ICT consultant is expected to do is already part of a green ICT 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 ICT consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An ICT consultant role treats 6 of its required skills as things a green ICT consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT sales methodologies
- create project specifications
- define technical requirements
- legal requirements of ICT products
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- provide ICT consulting advice
What stands in the way is 15 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An ICT consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a green ICT consultant background worth leading with.
- already held ICT sales methodologies business, administration and law
- already held optimise choice of ICT solution working with computers
- already held create project specifications management skills
- already held provide ICT consulting advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held emergent technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held legal requirements of ICT products business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the ICT consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 30 missing skills fall into 9 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 analyse ICT system required
- still to learn analyse software specifications required
- still to learn manage changes in ICT system required
- still to learn manage standard enterprise resource planning system required
- still to learn solve ICT system problems required
- optional, not held use e-services optional
- still to learn identify technological needs required
- still to learn manage contracts required
- still to learn provide user documentation required
- optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- still to learn keep up with the latest information systems solutions required
- still to learn verify formal ICT specifications required
- still to learn identify customer requirements required
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- still to learn ICT system integration required
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
- still to learn manage ICT project required
- optional, not held manage ICT change request process optional
- still to learn visual presentation techniques required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an ICT consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT system integration study this
- 02 analyse ICT system practise this
- 03 analyse software specifications 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held ICT sales methodologies knowledge
- already held create project specifications skill
- already held define technical requirements skill
- already held legal requirements of ICT products knowledge
- already held optimise choice of ICT solution skill
- already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held emergent technologies knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn monitor system performance required
- optional, not held Agile project management optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held Process-based management optional
- optional, not held lean project management optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Agile project management optional
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held Process-based management optional
- optional, not held identify ICT user needs optional
- optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
- optional, not held lean project management optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held manage ICT change request process optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
- optional, not held use e-services optional
19 held skills the ICT consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT environmental policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
- not needed by the target role apply business acumen skill
- not needed by the target role consult with business clients skill
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify processes for re-engineering skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact of operations skill
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role report on environmental issues skill
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainability consulting knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainable technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role track key performance indicators skill
11 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 ICT system integration required
- still to learn visual presentation techniques required
- optional, not held Agile project management optional
- optional, not held ICT process quality models optional
- optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
- optional, not held Process-based management optional
- optional, not held lean project management optional
- optional, not held software components libraries optional
- optional, not held game theory optional
- optional, not held hardware components optional
- optional, not held systems development life-cycle optional
Common questions about this move
Can a green ICT consultant become an ICT consultant?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A green ICT consultant already covers 25% of what an ICT consultant is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the ICT consultant role treats as required.
What skills does a green ICT consultant need to become an ICT consultant?
15 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is ICT system integration.
How hard is the move from green ICT consultant to ICT consultant?
Its learning distance is 76.3 out of 100, which is the career change 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.