Compare A Communications Electrician Supervisor ↔ B Structured Cabling Technician

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No route of 4 moves or fewer from Communications Electrician Supervisor to Structured Cabling Technician.

Why

The shortest path in the data takes 5 moves, more than the 4 this map plans.

Shortest path in the data (5 moves): Communications Electrician Supervisor → Electrical Foreman → Electrical Apprentice → Lineworker (Power Line) → Fiber Optic Technician → Structured Cabling Technician

Gates for Structured Cabling Technician

Degree Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).
License No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).
Experience Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 29%).

Nearest job you can reach

Fiber Optic Technician 4 moves · closest skills to Structured Cabling Technician among the jobs you can reach (O*NET, similarity 1.00)

People reach Structured Cabling Technician from

Fiber Optic Technician Same O*NET occupation (49-9052.00 Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers): O*NET lists both job titles under it; same tasks and skills data.

Side by side

All Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers: Texas median $75,740, $1,020 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers ($76,760), every experience level.

Communications Electrician Supervisor: 53% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.8 times the share for Structured Cabling Technician (30%).

Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k

$76,760-$1,020$75,740

Gates checked: Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do). No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03). Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 29%).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.2% Texas, 6,510 openings a year

B +4.3% Texas, 810 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

53%-23 pts30%

Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first

2.6 / 5+0.93.5 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.69Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 4.95
Climbing ladders+1.54Climbing ladders: A 1.72, B 3.26
Cramped space+1.21Cramped space: A 2.36, B 3.57
Kneeling or crawling+1.08Kneeling or crawling: A 2.32, B 3.4
High places+1.05High places: A 2.43, B 3.48

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).

License

A Texas: power wiring needs a TDLR electrician license unless exempt: plant employees in petrochemical and oil and gas (1305.003(a)(14)), low-voltage controls (a)(12), in-house maintenance (a)(8).

B No TDLR electrician license for fiber, cabling and communications circuits (1305.003(a)(12)). Alarm or access control work may need a DPS license: not checked (site unreachable 2026-10-03).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 41%).

B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 29%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Quality Control Analysis
Speaking
Active Listening
Coordination

To build: 1

Installation +1.25

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