Solar energy sales consultant to electricity sales representative
A solar energy sales consultant already meets 80% of what the electricity sales representative role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
21.9/ 100
1 How much of what an electricity sales representative 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 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 solar energy sales 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
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 30 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 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 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
All 30 carried skills, including the 12 the electricity sales representative role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 3 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 manage contracts required
- optional, not held achieve sales targets 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
- still to learn monitor after sales records required
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held plan event marketing for promotional campaigns 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 30 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 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 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 deliver a sales pitch skill
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held identify suppliers skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held implement sales strategies 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 environmental awareness skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held review completed contracts skill
- already held sales promotion techniques knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held plan customers' sales visits optional
- optional, not held achieve sales targets 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 upsell products optional
14 held skills the electricity sales representative role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role attend trade fairs skill
- 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 industrial heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform on government funding skill
- 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 provide information on solar panels skill
- not needed by the target role renewable energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role solar energy knowledge
- not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
Other moves recorded from solar energy sales consultant
Common questions about this move
Can a solar energy sales consultant become an electricity sales representative?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A solar energy sales consultant already covers 80% of what an electricity sales representative is expected to do: 30 skills carry over, 12 of which the electricity sales representative role treats as required.
What skills does a solar energy sales consultant need to become an electricity sales representative?
2 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is monitor after sales records.
How hard is the move from solar energy sales consultant to electricity sales representative?
Its learning distance is 21.9 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.