Overview & Salary

Overview

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 and prioritize energy-saving measures.
  • Prepare audit reports containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.
  • Identify any health or safety issues related to planned weatherization projects.

Education

  • high school diploma/GED
  • certificate after high school

Salary

Annual 10th percentile $43,740
Annual median $67,700
Annual 90th percentile $106,200

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge

Business

  • customer service
  • sales and marketing

Engineering and Technology

  • building and construction
  • product and service development

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
  • physics

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • talking to others

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

Personality & Abilities

Personality

Conventional

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Independence
  • Initiative

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing

Math

  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem
  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns
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