Compare A Elevator Mechanic ↔ B Solar Energy Installation Manager
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3 moves · -$27,620 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to HVAC Technician: Texas: TDLR A/C Technician registration ($20, age 16+) to work under a licensed A/C contractor; contractor license after 48 months. Federal EPA 608 certification to handle refrigerant.
- Move 2, to Solar Thermal Installer: license depends on the work (Texas: piping that supplies or circulates a building's water is plumbing under Occ. Code 1301.002(7) and needs a TSBPE license; TSBPE pages read do not name solar water heating).
- Move 3, to Solar Energy Installation Manager: 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
Elevator Mechanic to HVAC Technician -$44,380 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Texas: TDLR A/C Technician registration ($20, age 16+) to work under a licensed A/C contractor; contractor license after 48 months. Federal EPA 608 certification to handle refrigerant.
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
HVAC Technician to Solar Thermal Installer +$2,080 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86.
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: piping that supplies or circulates a building's water is plumbing under Occ. Code 1301.002(7) and needs a TSBPE license; TSBPE pages read do not name solar water heating).
- Skills to build: Installation
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Solar Thermal Installer to Solar Energy Installation Manager +$14,680 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Solar Energy Installation Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.72.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Coordination, Persuasion
Side by side
All Solar Energy Installation Managers: Texas median $74,520, $27,620 less a year than all Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers ($102,140), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Solar Energy Installation Manager 62%, Elevator Mechanic 74%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: HVAC Technician: Texas: TDLR A/C Technician registration ($20, age 16+) to work under a licensed A/C contractor; contractor license after 48 months. Federal EPA 608 certification to handle refrigerant; Solar Thermal Installer: license depends on the work (Texas: piping that supplies or circulates a building's water is plumbing under Occ. Code 1301.002(7) and needs a TSBPE license; TSBPE pages read do not name solar water heating).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +10.2% Texas, 120 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
3.7 / 5-0.43.3 / 5
- Cramped space-1.66Cramped space: A 4.57, B 2.91
- Bending or twisting-1.53Bending or twisting: A 4.43, B 2.9
- Outdoors, all weather+1.16Outdoors, all weather: A 3.26, B 4.42
- Hazardous conditions-1.12Hazardous conditions: A 4.85, B 3.73
- Hazardous equipment-1.00Hazardous equipment: A 4.36, B 3.36
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 6% do).
License
A Texas: elevator work must be done under a TDLR-registered elevator contractor with a Responsible Party (3 years' experience); TDLR has no separate mechanic license. No electrician license needed (1305.003(a)(15)).
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 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 29%).
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
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Complex Problem Solving
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Learning
To build: 6
- Management of Personnel Resources +1.63
- Instructing +1.13
- Negotiation +1.12
- Persuasion +1.00
- Coordination +0.75
- Time Management +0.75
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