Renewable energy consultant to energy assessor
A renewable energy consultant already meets 66% of what the energy assessor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
34.1/ 100
1 How much of what an energy assessor 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 energy assessor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An energy assessor role treats 9 of its required skills as things a renewable energy consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- advise on utility consumption
- domestic heating systems
- electricity market
- energy conservation
- energy efficiency
What stands in the way is 5 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An energy assessor 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 sustainability consulting engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held provide information on geothermal heat pumps communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide information on solar panels assisting and caring
- already held green building standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held provide information on wind turbines assisting and caring
- already held advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the energy assessor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 4 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 conduct energy audit required
- still to learn analyse energy consumption required
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power optional
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on electric heating optional
- still to learn prepare energy performance contracts required
- still to learn carry out energy management of facilities required
- still to learn electricity consumption required
- optional, not held provide information optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an energy assessor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct energy audit practise this
- 02 prepare energy performance contracts practise this
- 03 analyse energy consumption 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
- already held advise on utility consumption skill
- already held domestic heating systems knowledge
- already held electricity market knowledge
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy efficiency knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held green building standards knowledge
- already held renewable energy knowledge
- already held identify energy needs skill
- already held promote environmental awareness skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held provide information on geothermal heat pumps skill
- already held provide information on solar panels skill
- already held provide information on wind turbines skill
- already held solar energy knowledge
- already held sustainability consulting knowledge
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power optional
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on electric heating optional
- optional, not held provide information optional
31 held skills the energy assessor 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 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 corporate sustainability knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop professional network 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 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 market analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate terms with suppliers skill
- 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 market research skill
- not needed by the target role perform smart grid feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
- not needed by the target role resource-efficient technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
- not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
- not needed by the target role wind energy knowledge
1 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 consumption required
Other moves recorded from renewable energy consultant
Common questions about this move
Can a renewable energy consultant become an energy assessor?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A renewable energy consultant already covers 66% of what an energy assessor is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 9 of which the energy assessor role treats as required.
What skills does a renewable energy consultant need to become an energy assessor?
5 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is conduct energy audit.
How hard is the move from renewable energy consultant to energy assessor?
Its learning distance is 34.1 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.