Occupation Atlaselectricity sales representative
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4c6b3657-316e-43b5-872a-ea763411190d
electricity sales representative
Electricity sales representatives assess clients' energy needs, and recommend the purchase of electricity supply from their corporation. They promote their corporation's services, and negotiate terms of sale with clients.
Compare with another occupationCompare with domestic energy assessor
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.73
- C Conventional5.07
- S Social3.75
- I Investigative1.94
- A Artistic1.45
- R Realistic1.07
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 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel (41-3091.00): 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 (14)
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.
- answer requests for quotation
- assess customers
- carry out sales analysis
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- electricity
- electricity market
- identify customer's needs
- identify energy needs
- inform customers on energy consumption fees
- manage contracts
- monitor after sales records
- sales argumentation
- sales strategies
Optional (25)
- achieve sales targets
- advise on heating systems energy efficiency
- advise on utility consumption
- assess supplier risks
- deliver a sales pitch
- energy conservation
- energy performance of buildings
- identify suppliers
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- liaise with advertising agencies
- manage contract disputes
- manage development of promotional material
- negotiate improvement with suppliers
- negotiate terms with suppliers
- perform market research
- plan customers' sales visits
- plan event marketing for promotional campaigns
- prepare sales checks
- promote environmental awareness
- promote sustainable energy
- prospect new customers
- review completed contracts
- sales promotion techniques
- upsell products
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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