Compare A Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) ↔ B Solar Energy Installation Manager

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Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electrical Foreman: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Solar Energy Installation Manager: license depends on the work (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).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) to Electrical Foreman
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.79 (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 Foreman to Solar Energy Installation Manager
- O*NET lists Solar Energy Installation Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87.
- Gates: license depends on the work (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).

Side by side

All Solar Energy Installation Managers: Texas median $74,520, $28,710 less a year than all General and Operations Managers ($103,230), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Solar Energy Installation Manager 62%, Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) 70%.

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

$103,230-$28,710$74,520

Gates on the route: Solar Energy Installation Manager: license depends on the work (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).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +14.5% Texas, 43,030 openings a year

B +10.0% Texas, 8,780 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

70%-8 pts62%

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

1.8 / 5+1.53.3 / 5

High places+2.60High places: A 1.31, B 3.91
Hazardous conditions+2.39Hazardous conditions: A 1.34, B 3.73
Hazardous equipment+2.00Hazardous equipment: A 1.36, B 3.36
Very hot or cold+1.74Very hot or cold: A 2.33, B 4.07
Cramped space+1.72Cramped space: A 1.19, B 2.91

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 28% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 6% do).

License

A No license for this job title at TDLR; the employer needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license with a Master Electrician of record. Doing electrical work yourself needs your own TDLR license.

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 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 24%).

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

Coordination
Management of Personnel Resources
Monitoring
Time Management
Reading Comprehension
Speaking

To build: 2

Operations Monitoring +0.75
Quality Control Analysis +0.74

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Save Operations Manager (Electrical Contractor) to Solar Energy Installation Manager as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 2 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.