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Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors

Contact new or existing customers to determine their solar equipment needs, suggest systems or equipment, or estimate costs.

What you’d do

  • 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.
  • Gather information from prospective customers to identify their solar energy needs.
  • Calculate potential solar resources or solar array production for a particular site considering issues such as climate, shading, and roof orientation.
  • Generate solar energy customer leads to develop new accounts.
  • Provide technical information about solar power, solar systems, equipment, and services to potential customers or dealers.
  • Assess sites to determine suitability for solar equipment, using equipment such as tape measures, compasses, and computer software.

Skills that matter

  • Speaking
  • Persuasion
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Service Orientation
  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking

How to get there

Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree

Also called

  • Energy Consultant
  • Solar Consultant
  • Solar Sales Consultant
  • Solar Sales Representative (Solar Sales Rep)
  • Sales Associate
  • Sales Consultant

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