Junior Solar Sales Consultant
The solar closer — guiding homeowners from interest through contract signing on residential solar systems.
What it's like to be a Junior Solar Sales Consultant
As a Junior Solar Sales Consultant, you're handling the full sales cycle for residential solar — from initial consultation through system design to signed contract. You're meeting with homeowners, analyzing their energy situation, presenting customized proposals, and working to close deals.
Your day involves driving to appointments, conducting in-home presentations, answering technical and financial questions, and following up with prospects. You need to understand solar technology, financing options, incentives, and utility rates well enough to present credible proposals and handle objections.
Solar sales has real earning potential but also real challenges. The industry has reputation issues, sales cycles can be long, and many homeowners are skeptical. Success comes from genuine expertise and consultative selling rather than pressure tactics. If you believe in solar and can build trust with homeowners, it's a growing field with good opportunities.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.
How this category is changing
Skills & Requirements
Navigate your career with clarity
Truest gives you tools to understand your strengths, explore roles that fit, and plan your next move.
Explore Truest career toolsTruest editorial: Fit check, role profile, things that vary, advancement analysis, lateral moves, interview questions.