Compare A Fire Inspector ↔ B Safety Engineer

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1 move · +$41,050 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Safety Engineer: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).

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Fire Inspector to Safety Engineer +$41,050 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.83.
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).
- Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving

Side by side

All Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors: Texas median $123,440, $41,050 more a year than all Fire Inspectors and Investigators ($82,390), every experience level.

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

$82,390+$41,050$123,440

Gates on the route: license depends on the work (Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +3.4% United States, 1,500 openings a year

B +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

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

2.7 / 5-0.32.4 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-1.11Outdoors, all weather: A 4.33, B 3.22
Walking or running-0.75Walking or running: A 3.15, B 2.4
Very hot or cold-0.59Very hot or cold: A 3.43, B 2.84
Standing-0.46Standing: A 3.25, B 2.79
Bending or twisting-0.45Bending or twisting: A 2.45, B 2

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 4% do).

B Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

License

A Texas: TCFP Inspector certification is required for fire inspectors employed and appointed by a fire department (approved training and exam). State Fire Marshal licenses: not checked (unreachable).

B Texas PE license (TBPELS) is required for the practice of engineering as defined in Occ. Code 1001.003; whether this job needs it depends on the work.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 25%).

B Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Writing
Speaking
Instructing
Monitoring

To build: 5

Systems Analysis +0.87
Reading Comprehension +0.62
Complex Problem Solving +0.50
Judgment and Decision Making +0.50
Systems Evaluation +0.50

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