ICT environmental manager to green ICT consultant
An ICT environmental manager already meets 22% of what the green ICT consultant role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
73.1/ 100
1 How much of what a green ICT consultant is expected to do is already part of an ICT environmental manager’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 green ICT consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A green ICT consultant role treats 3 of its required skills as things an ICT environmental manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- promote environmental awareness
- report on environmental issues
- resource-efficient technologies
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 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A green ICT consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT environmental manager background worth leading with.
- already held ICT power consumption information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held resource-efficient technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held report on environmental issues communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held ICT market business, administration and law
- already held emergent technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held promote environmental awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the green ICT consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 8 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 sustainability consulting required
- still to learn sustainable technologies required
- still to learn apply business acumen required
- still to learn create project specifications required
- optional, not held define technical requirements optional
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- still to learn consult with business clients required
- still to learn provide ICT consulting advice required
- optional, not held advise on environmental remediation optional
- still to learn ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
- still to learn manage environmental impact of operations required
- still to learn ICT environmental policies required
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- still to learn optimise choice of ICT solution required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a green ICT consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT environmental policies study this
- 02 consult with business clients practise this
- 03 green building standards study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held promote environmental awareness skill
- already held report on environmental issues skill
- already held resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- already held ICT market knowledge
- already held ICT power consumption knowledge
- already held emergent technologies knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held ICT sales methodologies optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
- optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held ICT sales methodologies optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- optional, not held advise on environmental remediation optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held define technical requirements optional
- optional, not held identify processes for re-engineering optional
- optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
- optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
34 held skills the green ICT consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse environmental data skill
- not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role conduct environmental surveys skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
- not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
- not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role design computer network skill
- not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
- not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
- not needed by the target role embedded systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
- not needed by the target role environmental management monitors knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental management standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
- not needed by the target role green computing knowledge
- not needed by the target role hardware materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage ICT project skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform ICT security testing skill
- not needed by the target role perform procurement processes skill
- not needed by the target role product life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role protect the environment from the impact of the digital technologies skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role systems development life-cycle knowledge
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
10 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 environmental policies required
- still to learn green building standards required
- still to learn sustainability consulting required
- still to learn sustainable technologies required
- optional, not held ICT sales methodologies optional
- optional, not held corporate sustainability optional
- optional, not held hardware components suppliers optional
- optional, not held software components suppliers optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held legal requirements of ICT products optional
Other moves recorded from ICT environmental manager
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT environmental manager become a green ICT consultant?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT environmental manager already covers 22% of what a green ICT consultant is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 3 of which the green ICT consultant role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT environmental manager need to become a green ICT consultant?
11 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is ICT environmental policies.
How hard is the move from ICT environmental manager to green ICT consultant?
Its learning distance is 73.1 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.