Compare A Electrical General Foreman ↔ B Solar Energy Installation Manager
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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 Solar Energy Installation Manager: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).
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 Solar Energy Installation Manager
- O*NET lists Solar Energy Installation Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates: license depends on the work (No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license).
Side by side
More than 40 hours a week: Solar Energy Installation Manager 62%, Electrical General Foreman 63%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Both jobs fall under one OEWS occupation (First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers); OEWS does not split pay by level, so a difference would read $0.
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year
B +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
3.0 / 5+0.33.3 / 5
- High places+1.07High places: A 2.84, B 3.91
- Hazardous equipment-0.82Hazardous equipment: A 4.18, B 3.36
- Hazardous conditions+0.78Hazardous conditions: A 2.95, B 3.73
- Climbing ladders+0.77Climbing ladders: A 2.02, B 2.79
- Keeping balance+0.52Keeping balance: A 1.81, B 2.33
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: 6% do).
License
A Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).
B No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).
B Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 26%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Coordination
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
To build: 0
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