Solar energy sales consultant to renewable energy consultant
A solar energy sales consultant already meets 66% of what the renewable energy consultant role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.5/ 100
1 How much of what a renewable energy consultant 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 renewable energy consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A renewable energy consultant role treats 16 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
- assess customers
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- develop professional network
- energy conservation
What stands in the way is 9 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 renewable energy consultant 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 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
- already held advise on utility consumption communication, collaboration and creativity
All 33 carried skills, including the 16 the renewable energy consultant 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 wind energy required
- still to learn alternative energy required
- still to learn resource-efficient technologies required
- optional, not held green building standards optional
- optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
- still to learn instruct on energy saving technologies required
- still to learn provide information on geothermal heat pumps required
- still to learn advise on carbon emissions reduction required
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- still to learn corporate sustainability required
- still to learn market analysis required
- still to learn provide information on wind turbines required
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on biogas energy optional
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on mini wind power optional
- optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a renewable energy consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 corporate sustainability study this
- 02 instruct on energy saving technologies practise this
- 03 provide information on geothermal heat pumps 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 assess customers skill
- already held characteristics of products knowledge
- already held characteristics of services knowledge
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy efficiency knowledge
- already held identify energy needs skill
- already held inform on government funding skill
- already held perform market research skill
- already held promote environmental awareness skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held provide information on solar panels skill
- already held renewable energy knowledge
- already held solar energy knowledge
- already held solar products knowledge
- already held advise on utility consumption skill
- already held answer requests for quotation skill
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held carry out sales analysis skill
- already held domestic heating systems knowledge
- already held electricity market knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held identify suppliers skill
- already held industrial heating systems knowledge
- already held inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
- already held negotiate improvement with suppliers skill
- already held negotiate terms with suppliers skill
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held sales argumentation knowledge
- already held sales strategies knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held green building standards optional
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on biogas energy optional
- optional, not held perform a feasibility study on mini wind power optional
- optional, not held perform smart grid feasibility study optional
- optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
11 held skills the renewable energy consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies 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 prepare sales checks skill
- not needed by the target role review completed contracts skill
- not needed by the target role sales promotion techniques knowledge
7 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 corporate sustainability required
- still to learn wind energy required
- still to learn alternative energy required
- still to learn market analysis required
- still to learn resource-efficient technologies required
- optional, not held green building standards optional
- optional, not held sustainability consulting optional
Other moves recorded from solar energy sales consultant
Common questions about this move
Can a solar energy sales consultant become a renewable energy consultant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A solar energy sales consultant already covers 66% of what a renewable energy consultant is expected to do: 33 skills carry over, 16 of which the renewable energy consultant role treats as required.
What skills does a solar energy sales consultant need to become a renewable energy consultant?
9 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is corporate sustainability.
How hard is the move from solar energy sales consultant to renewable energy consultant?
Its learning distance is 42.5 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.