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Compare A Maintenance Helper ↔ B Appliance Service Technician

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2 moves · +$11,630 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 Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).

  1. Move 1 Transfer move to the side

    Maintenance Helper to HVAC Technician +$20,760 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

    • Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.89 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
    • 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.

  2. Move 2 Transfer move to the side

    HVAC Technician to Appliance Service Technician -$9,130 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

    • O*NET lists Home Appliance Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
    • Gates: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).
    • Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Repairing, Speaking

Side by side

All Home Appliance Repairers: Texas median $48,630, $11,630 more a year than all Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers ($37,000), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Appliance Service Technician 32%, Maintenance Helper 29%.

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

A
B
$37,000+$11,630$48,630

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; Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +9.3% Texas, 1,810 openings a year

B +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

A
B
29%+3 pts32%

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

3.2 / 5-0.42.8 / 5

  • Protective gear-2.01Protective gear: A 3.12, B 1.11
  • High places-1.81High places: A 3.23, B 1.42
  • Climbing ladders-0.98Climbing ladders: A 2.38, B 1.4
  • Cramped space+0.94Cramped space: A 3.16, B 4.1
  • Hazardous equipment-0.86Hazardous equipment: A 3.73, B 2.87

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: 0% do).

License

A No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

B Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 34%).

B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 34%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 3

  • Equipment Selection
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Time Management

To build: 6

  • Repairing +0.76
  • Critical Thinking +0.63
  • Installation +0.62
  • Service Orientation +0.62
  • Complex Problem Solving +0.50
  • Equipment Maintenance +0.50

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