Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

solar energy sales consultanttodomestic 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.

From solar energy sales consultant
77%
Overlap1
To domestic energy assessor
33 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
28.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 28.7

This move: 28.7 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the domestic energy assessor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the solar energy sales consultant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on hazards of heating systems required
  • required, not held 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
02 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held 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
03 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
  • optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide information on wind turbines optional
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held gas market optional
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 33 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held gas market optional
Index

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Note

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.