Renewable energy consultant to electricity sales representative
A renewable energy consultant already meets 71% of what the electricity sales representative role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
31.8/ 100
1 How much of what an electricity sales representative is expected to do is already part of a renewable 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 electricity sales representative role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An electricity sales representative role treats 12 of its required skills as things a renewable energy consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- answer requests for quotation
- assess customers
- carry out sales analysis
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- electricity market
What stands in the way is 2 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An electricity sales representative role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a renewable energy consultant background worth leading with.
- already held inform customers on energy consumption fees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess customers assisting and caring
- already held advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held electricity market business, administration and law
- already held identify energy needs information skills
All 24 carried skills, including the 12 the electricity sales representative role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 5 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 monitor after sales records required
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held review completed contracts optional
- still to learn electricity required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held manage development of promotional material optional
- optional, not held upsell products optional
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries an electricity sales representative 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 · The rest of the record
All 24 skills that carry over
- already held answer requests for quotation skill
- already held assess customers skill
- already held carry out sales analysis skill
- already held characteristics of products knowledge
- already held characteristics of services knowledge
- already held electricity market knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held identify energy needs skill
- already held inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held sales argumentation knowledge
- already held sales strategies knowledge
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
- already held advise on utility consumption skill
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held identify suppliers skill
- already held negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
- already held negotiate terms with suppliers skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held promote environmental awareness skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held prospect new customers skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held prepare sales checks optional
- optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
- optional, not held achieve sales targets optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held liaise with advertising agencies optional
- optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
- optional, not held manage development of promotional material optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- optional, not held review completed contracts optional
- optional, not held upsell products optional
24 held skills the electricity sales representative role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on carbon emissions reduction skill
- not needed by the target role alternative energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
- 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 energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial heating systems knowledge
- 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 market analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on biogas energy skill
- not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on mini wind power skill
- not needed by the target role perform smart grid feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on geothermal heat pumps skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on solar panels skill
- not needed by the target role provide information on wind turbines skill
- not needed by the target role renewable energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role solar energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainability consulting knowledge
- not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge
2 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 electricity required
- optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
Other moves recorded from renewable energy consultant
Common questions about this move
Can a renewable energy consultant become an electricity sales representative?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A renewable energy consultant already covers 71% of what an electricity sales representative is expected to do: 24 skills carry over, 12 of which the electricity sales representative role treats as required.
What skills does a renewable energy consultant need to become an electricity sales representative?
2 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is monitor after sales records.
How hard is the move from renewable energy consultant to electricity sales representative?
Its learning distance is 31.8 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.