From solar energy engineer to energy engineer
16 of the 46 essential skills of a energy engineer are already essential for a solar energy engineer — about 35% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from solar energy engineer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 30
- would be new
- 35%
- of the target job covered
- 46
- essential skills of a energy engineer
What a energy engineer does
Energy engineers design new, efficient and clean ways to produce, transform, and distribute energy to improve environmental sustainability and energy efficiency. They deal with the extraction of energy through natural resources, such as oil or gas, or renewable and sustainable sources, such as wind or solar power.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adjust engineering designs
- alternative energy
- approve engineering design
- design a solar heating system
- energy
- energy market
- energy micro-generation technologies
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- operate solar thermal energy systems for hot water and heating
- perform feasibility study on solar heating
- promote sustainable energy
- solar energy
- sustainable technologies
- technical drawings
- use technical drawing software
What would be new
30 skillsEssential for a energy engineer and not for a solar energy engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse energy consumption
- building automation
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design a solar absorption cooling system
- determine appropriate heating and cooling system
- develop energy saving concepts
- energy conservation
- energy efficiency
- geothermal energy
- geothermal energy systems
- industrial heating systems
- instruct on energy saving technologies
- manage electricity transmission system
- manage personal professional development
- marine energy
- natural gas
- perform a feasibility study on biogas energy
- perform a feasibility study on biomass systems
- perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power
- perform a feasibility study on heat pumps
- perform feasibility study on geothermal energy
- perform project management
- renewable energy
- smart grids systems
- solar absorption cooling system
- state estimation
- supervise gas distribution operations
- types of heat pumps
- types of wind turbines
- wind energy
Other moves from solar energy engineer
2 roles- renewable energy engineer14 skills in common
- offshore renewable energy engineer14 skills in common
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