Compare A Plumber Helper ↔ B Solar Energy Installation Manager

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2 moves · +$32,570 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Solar PV Installer: license depends on the work (Texas: wiring a PV system on a building or premises is electrical work needing a TDLR electrician license (Apprentice or higher); TDLR lists no solar exemption. Mounting without wiring: not addressed).
Move 2, to Solar Energy Installation Manager: 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
Plumber Helper to Solar PV Installer +$6,290 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.88 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: wiring a PV system on a building or premises is electrical work needing a TDLR electrician license (Apprentice or higher); TDLR lists no solar exemption. Mounting without wiring: not addressed).
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Solar PV Installer to Solar Energy Installation Manager +$26,280 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Solar Energy Installation Managers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.76.
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
- Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Instructing

Side by side

All Solar Energy Installation Managers: Texas median $74,520, $32,570 more a year than all Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters ($41,950), every experience level.

Solar Energy Installation Manager: 62% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2.3 times the share for Plumber Helper (27%).

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

$41,950+$32,570$74,520

Gates on the route: Solar PV Installer: license depends on the work (Texas: wiring a PV system on a building or premises is electrical work needing a TDLR electrician license (Apprentice or higher); TDLR lists no solar exemption. Mounting without wiring: not addressed).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +8.7% Texas, 800 openings a year

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

Over 40 h a week

27%+35 pts62%

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

3.6 / 5-0.33.3 / 5

Hazardous equipment-1.10Hazardous equipment: A 4.46, B 3.36
Bending or twisting-0.82Bending or twisting: A 3.72, B 2.9
Hazardous conditions+0.78Hazardous conditions: A 2.95, B 3.73
Kneeling or crawling-0.74Kneeling or crawling: A 3.52, B 2.78
Cramped space-0.72Cramped space: A 3.63, B 2.91

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 10% do).

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

License

A Texas: register as a Plumber's Apprentice with TSBPE ($15, age 16+) to assist with plumbing under a licensed plumber; hours count only after registering.

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 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 38%).

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: 0

To build: 6

Management of Personnel Resources +1.87
Instructing +1.38
Persuasion +1.38
Systems Evaluation +1.25
Time Management +1.25
Reading Comprehension +1.24

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