Compare A Fire Captain ↔ B Energy Auditor
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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 Energy Auditor: 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
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 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Inspector to Energy Auditor
- O*NET lists Energy Auditors as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Writing
Side by side
All Energy Auditors: 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 2.8 times the share for Energy Auditor (34%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.
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 / 5-0.32.6 / 5
- Hazardous conditions-1.88Hazardous conditions: A 3.85, B 1.97
- Hazardous equipment-1.63Hazardous equipment: A 3.87, B 2.24
- Protective gear-1.05Protective gear: A 3.41, B 2.36
- Very hot or cold+0.87Very hot or cold: A 2.42, B 3.29
- Bending or twisting-0.58Bending or twisting: A 2.82, B 2.24
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: 24% 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 No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).
Experience
A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 27%).
B Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 34%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Monitoring
To build: 1
- Mathematics +0.88
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