solar energy sales consultanttorenewable energy sales representative
A solar energy sales consultant already meets 80% of what the renewable energy sales representative role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
80%
24.6/ 100
1 Share of the renewable energy sales representative 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.
Why this move works
A renewable energy sales representative role treats 16 of its required skills as things a solar energy sales consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- answer requests for quotation
- assess customers
- carry out sales analysis
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
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 34 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A renewable energy 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 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 34 carried skills, including the 16 the renewable energy sales representative role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held provide information on geothermal heat pumps required
- required, not held 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
- required, not held provide information on wind turbines 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
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a renewable energy sales representative role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 provide information on geothermal heat pumps skill · sector specific
- 02 provide information on wind turbines skill · sector specific
- 03 manage contracts skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 34 skills that carry over
- already held advise on heating systems energy efficiency 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 identify customer's needs skill
- already held identify energy needs skill
- already held inform customers on energy consumption fees skill
- already held inform on government funding skill
- already held promote sustainable energy skill
- already held provide information on solar panels skill
- already held renewable energy knowledge
- already held sales argumentation knowledge
- already held sales strategies knowledge
- already held solar energy knowledge
- already held advise on utility consumption skill
- already held assess supplier risks skill
- already held attend trade fairs skill
- already held deliver a sales pitch skill
- already held domestic heating systems knowledge
- already held electricity market knowledge
- already held energy conservation knowledge
- already held energy performance of buildings knowledge
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held implement sales strategies skill
- already held industrial heating systems knowledge
- 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 prospect new customers skill
- already held review completed contracts skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
- 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
10 held skills the renewable energy sales representative 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 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 sales promotion techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role solar products knowledge
Other moves recorded from solar energy sales consultant
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.