Compare A Electrical General Foreman ↔ B Sheet Metal Worker

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Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 3, to Sheet Metal Worker: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Electrical General Foreman to Electrical Foreman
- Same O*NET occupation (47-1011.00 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers): O*NET lists both job titles under it; same tasks and skills data.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Foreman to Facilities Technician
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.62 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Facilities Technician to Sheet Metal Worker
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Side by side

All Sheet Metal Workers: Texas median $54,240, $20,280 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers ($74,520), every experience level.

Electrical General Foreman: 63% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.2 times the share for Sheet Metal Worker (28%).

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

$74,520-$20,280$54,240

Gates on the route: Facilities Technician: license depends on the work (No state license for in-house maintenance (1305.003(a)(8)); electrical work beyond that needs a TDLR license).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year

B +5.3% Texas, 950 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

63%-35 pts28%

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

3.0 / 5-0.12.9 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-1.92Outdoors, all weather: A 4.43, B 2.51
Very hot or cold-1.33Very hot or cold: A 4.21, B 2.88
Standing+1.22Standing: A 3.62, B 4.84
Bending or twisting+1.08Bending or twisting: A 2.66, B 3.74
High places-0.62High places: A 2.84, B 2.22

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: 0% do).

License

A Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).

B Texas: HVAC duct work is done under a TDLR-licensed A/C contractor; helping with A/C maintenance or repair needs TDLR technician registration. Other sheet metal work: no license at agencies checked.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 47%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Coordination
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making

To build: 0

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