Occupation Atlasenergy consultant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/de74eb4e-c95e-425a-9b3a-7be805ec0321
energy consultant
Energy consultants advise clients on the advantages and disadvantages of different energy sources. They help clients to understand energy tariffs and try to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint by using energy efficient products and methods.
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
CRIConventional · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.93
- R Realistic4.53
- I Investigative4.17
- E Enterprising3.34
- S Social1.89
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Energy Auditors (47-4011.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (8)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on utility consumption
- alternative energy
- analyse energy consumption
- define energy profiles
- energy conservation
- energy efficiency
- forecast energy prices
- resource-efficient technologies
Optional (57)
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- alternative fuels
- answer requests for quotation
- assess customers
- assess supplier risks
- attend trade fairs
- carry out sales analysis
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- collaborate on international energy projects
- conduct energy audit
- corporate sustainability
- deliver a sales pitch
- design building retrofitting solutions
- determine appropriate heating and cooling system
- develop professional network
- domestic heating systems
- electricity
- electricity market
- energy performance of buildings
- execute feasibility study on hydrogen
- identify customer's needs
- identify energy needs
- identify suppliers
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- industrial heating systems
- inform customers on energy consumption fees
- inform on government funding
- instruct on energy saving technologies
- manage contracts
- manage distribution of destination promotional materials
- manage production of destination promotional materials
- market analysis
- negotiate improvement with suppliers
- negotiate sales contracts
- negotiate terms with suppliers
- perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling
- perform a feasibility study on electric heating
- perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling
- perform market research
- prepare sales checks
- promote environmental awareness
- promote sustainable energy
- prospect new customers
- provide information on geothermal heat pumps
- provide information on hydrogen
- provide information on solar panels
- provide information on wind turbines
- renewable energy
- review completed contracts
- sales argumentation
- sales promotion techniques
- sales strategies
- shale gas
- solar energy
- sustainability consulting
O*NET equivalents
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