Solar Sales Representatives & Assessors

Also called: Energy Consultant, Solar Consultant, Solar Sales Consultant

Career Cluster: Marketing
What they do:
Contact new or existing customers to determine their solar equipment needs, suggest systems or equipment, or estimate costs.
On the job, you would:
  • Prepare proposals, quotes, contracts, or presentations for potential solar customers.
  • Select solar energy products, systems, or services for customers based on electrical energy requirements, site conditions, price, or other factors.
  • Provide customers with information, such as quotes, orders, sales, shipping, warranties, credit, funding options, incentives, or tax rebates.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • design
  • building and construction
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
  • sales and marketing
SKILLS

Social
  • looking for ways to help people
  • talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
Basic Skills
  • talking to others
  • reading work related information
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Independence
  • Initiative
  • Dependability
  • Analytical Thinking
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Video conferencing software
  • Google Meet
  • Zoom
Customer relationship management CRM software
  • Salesforce software
  • Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM
Office suite software
  • Google Workspace software
  • Microsoft Office software
EDUCATION


associate's degree or bachelor's degree
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $194,890.00
Median: $100,070.00
Low: $48,840.00
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