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How to become Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors
Median annual wage for Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (41-4011) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Develop content for sales presentations or other materials.
- Develop proposals for current or prospective customers.
- Prepare sales or other contracts.
- Explain financial information to customers.
- Gather customer or product information to determine customer needs.
- Evaluate potential of products, technologies, or resources.
- Explain technical product or service information to customers.
- Identify potential customers.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Speaking4.0/5
- Reading Comprehension3.6/5
- Persuasion3.6/5
- Service Orientation3.6/5
- Active Listening3.5/5
- Critical Thinking3.5/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.5/5
- Negotiation3.3/5
- Writing3.1/5
- Active Learning3.1/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Enterprising5.6/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Conventional4.4/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Realistic3.5/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Social2.8/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Investigative2.7/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Artistic1.4/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
