Solar energy sales consultant to domestic energy assessor
A solar energy sales consultant already meets 77% of what the domestic energy assessor role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
28.7/ 100
1 How much of what a domestic energy assessor is expected to do is already part of a solar energy sales 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 domestic energy assessor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A domestic energy assessor role treats 15 of its required skills as things a solar energy sales consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- advise on utility consumption
- answer requests for quotation
- assess customers
- carry out sales analysis
- characteristics of products
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 · What you already bring
Of the 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A domestic energy assessor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a solar energy sales 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 prepare sales checks information skills
- already held solar products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held inform on government funding communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide information on solar panels assisting and caring
All 33 carried skills, including the 15 the domestic energy assessor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 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 advise on hazards of heating systems required
- still to learn manage contracts required
- optional, not held provide information on geothermal heat pumps 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
- still to learn determine appropriate heating and cooling system required
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns optional
- optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
- optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
- optional, not held provide information on wind turbines optional
- optional, not held gas market optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a domestic energy assessor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 determine appropriate heating and cooling system practise this
- 02 advise on hazards of heating systems practise this
- 03 manage contracts 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 33 skills that carry over
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency skill
- already held advise on utility consumption skill
- 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 domestic heating systems knowledge
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings 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 sales argumentation knowledge
- already held sales strategies knowledge
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held deliver a sales pitch skill
- already held electricity market knowledge
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held implement sales strategies skill
- already held inform on government funding skill
- already held negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
- already held negotiate terms with suppliers skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held prepare sales checks skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held provide information on solar panels skill
- already held renewable energy knowledge
- already held review completed contracts skill
- already held solar energy knowledge
- already held solar products knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held gas market optional
- optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
- optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held provide information on geothermal heat pumps optional
- optional, not held provide information on wind turbines 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
11 held skills the domestic energy assessor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- 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 manage distribution of destination promotional materials skill
- not needed by the target role manage production of destination promotional materials skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate sales contracts skill
- not needed by the target role photovoltaic systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role sales promotion techniques 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.
- optional, not held gas market optional
Other moves recorded from solar energy sales consultant
Common questions about this move
Can a solar energy sales consultant become a domestic energy assessor?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A solar energy sales consultant already covers 77% of what a domestic energy assessor is expected to do: 33 skills carry over, 15 of which the domestic energy assessor role treats as required.
What skills does a solar energy sales consultant need to become a domestic energy assessor?
3 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is determine appropriate heating and cooling system.
How hard is the move from solar energy sales consultant to domestic energy assessor?
Its learning distance is 28.7 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.