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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.

$99,710
Median Pay
2 to 4 years
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AI Resilience Score

Score 3/6: balanced factors means AI will assist but humans remain essential (estimated from legacy data)

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AI Exposure
Medium+1

33% of tasks can be accelerated by AI

Job Growth
Stable+1

0% projected (2024-2034)

Human Advantage
Moderate+1

EPOCH score: 16/25

Total Score3/6
Methodology: v2.0 - GPTs are GPTs / BLS / EPOCH Additive ScoringUpdated: 2026-01-09
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Key Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Take quote requests or orders from dealers or customers.
  • Prepare or review detailed design drawings, specifications, or lists related to solar installations.

Education & Training

Typical Entry Education

Associate's degree

Time to Job Ready

1-3 years

Based on Job Zone 3. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.

Technology Skills

Adobe AcrobatAutodesk AutoCADCustomer relationship management CRM softwareGoogle MeetGoogle Workspace softwareMicrosoft DynamicsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft WordSalesforce softwareSalesforce.com Salesforce CRMSolar analysis software

Key Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionSpeech ClaritySpeech RecognitionWritten ExpressionProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningNear VisionFar Vision

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Compensation Details

$48,140
10th Percentile
$99,710
Median
$193,470
90th Percentile

Based on 311,780 employed workers

Also Known As

CanvasserEnergy ConsultantResidential Solar ConsultantResidential Solar Sales ConsultantRetail Solar AdvisorSales AssociateSales ConsultantSales Representative (Sales Rep)Sales SpecialistSalesman

Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics

O*NET Code: 41-4011.07