Compare A Fire Captain ↔ B Combination Building Inspector
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Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Electrical Inspector: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Move 2, to Combination Building Inspector: license depends on the work (Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Fire Captain to Electrical Inspector
- O*NET lists Construction and Building Inspectors as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.73 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2 M1 step up on Code inspection
Electrical Inspector to Combination Building Inspector
- Next rung on 'Code inspection' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR).
Side by side
All Construction and Building Inspectors: Texas median $64,810, $16,900 less a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers ($81,710), every experience level.
Fire Captain: 96% work more than 40 hours a week, about 4.8 times the share for Combination Building Inspector (20%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Combination Building Inspector: license depends on the work (Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +9.6% Texas, 700 openings a year
B +8.2% Texas, 1,860 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.8 / 5-0.12.7 / 5
- Hazardous conditions-1.65Hazardous conditions: A 3.85, B 2.2
- Protective gear-1.45Protective gear: A 3.41, B 1.96
- Hazardous equipment-0.99Hazardous equipment: A 3.87, B 2.88
- Very hot or cold+0.98Very hot or cold: A 2.42, B 3.4
- Outdoors, all weather+0.92Outdoors, all weather: A 3.56, B 4.48
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 20% do).
License
A Texas: paid, appointed firefighters need TCFP Structure Fire Suppression certification; the Fire Officer certificate for captains is optional under state law, though departments may require it.
B Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 27%).
B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 32%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 2
- Quality Control Analysis +0.62
- Mathematics +0.50
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