Contact new or existing customers to determine their solar equipment needs, suggest systems or equipment, or estimate costs.
U.S. Workers
293,930
Median Salary
$100,070
10-Year Growth
+1.9%
Annual Openings
27,200
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
13 of 13 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Prepare proposals, quotes, contracts, or presentations for potential solar customers.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can automatically draft proposals, quotes, contracts, and presentations from customer and product data and templates, with routine human review for final approval.
Select solar energy products, systems, or services for customers based on electrical energy requirements, site conditions, price, or other factors.
AI: Fully automatable - Given electrical requirements, site data, constraints, and product catalogs, AI systems can size and recommend appropriate products and system configurations using rules and simulation.
Provide customers with information, such as quotes, orders, sales, shipping, warranties, credit, funding options, incentives, or tax rebates.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can provide customers with quotes, order information, shipping, warranties, financing options and incentives if integrated with pricing, CRM, and incentive databases, though some regulatory items may need confirmation.
Gather information from prospective customers to identify their solar energy needs.
AI: Fully automatable - Conversational AI, forms, and guided interviews can fully gather the required prospect information to identify solar energy needs.
Calculate potential solar resources or solar array production for a particular site considering issues such as climate, shading, and roof orientation.
AI: Fully automatable - Using climate databases, satellite/drone imagery, and PV performance models, AI can calculate estimated site resource and array production, though extremely localized micro‑shading may reduce precision.
Provide technical information about solar power, solar systems, equipment, and services to potential customers or dealers.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can reliably provide technical information, specifications, and explanations about solar power, systems, equipment, and services to customers and dealers.
Generate solar energy customer leads to develop new accounts.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can generate and qualify solar customer leads at scale through data mining, predictive scoring, targeted outreach, and automated follow-up.
Take quote requests or orders from dealers or customers.
AI: Fully automatable - AI chatbots and intake systems can accept quote requests or orders from dealers/customers and funnel them into backend workflows, assuming integration with order systems.
Develop marketing or strategic plans for sales territories.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can analyze territory data, customer segments, and historical performance to produce complete, actionable marketing and sales strategies.
Create customized energy management packages to satisfy customer needs.
AI: Fully automatable - Given customer usage data, constraints, and goals, AI can synthesize tailored energy-management packages including system sizing, controls, and financing options.
Assess sites to determine suitability for solar equipment, using equipment such as tape measures, compasses, and computer software.
AI: Partial - AI can perform remote site suitability assessments using imagery and software, but cannot physically perform tape‑measure or compass measurements in the field without robotic or human intervention.
Prepare or review detailed design drawings, specifications, or lists related to solar installations.
AI: Partial - AI can generate and review preliminary solar layouts, BOMs, and flag code issues, but cannot fully replace certified/site-specific engineering sign-offs and on-site structural checks.
Demonstrate use of solar and related equipment to customers or dealers.
AI: Partial - AI can create high-quality instructional media and virtual/AR demonstrations, but cannot perform live physical hands-on demonstrations in the field.