Energy Auditors
Also called: Energy Auditor, Energy Consultant, Energy Rater, Residential Energy Auditor,
What they do:
Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.On the job, you would:
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
- Identify and prioritize energy-saving measures.
- Analyze technical feasibility of energy-saving measures, using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems.
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What they do:
Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.On the job, you would:
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
- Identify and prioritize energy-saving measures.
- Analyze technical feasibility of energy-saving measures, using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems.
KNOWLEDGE
Engineering and Technology
- building and construction
- product and service development
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
Arts and Humanities
- English language
SKILLS
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
Visual Understanding
- see hidden patterns
PERSONALITY
People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Independence
- Cooperation
TECHNOLOGY
You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- SAS
Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
EDUCATION
- certificate after high school
- bachelor's degree
JOB OUTLOOK
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$60,710
$36,440
$98,820