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Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors

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

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.
On the job, you'll need:

Business

  • sales and marketing
  • customer service

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Engineering and Technology

  • product and service development
  • design

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

  • looking for ways to help people
  • talking people into changing their minds or their behavior

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Ideas and Logic

  • use rules to solve problems
  • notice when problems happen

Enterprising

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

  • Initiative
  • Persistence
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Cooperation
  • Integrity

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

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Average.

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Median Annual Salary: $97,710

Education

Some college or bachelor's degree is usually needed.