Compare A Safety Engineer ↔ B Combination Building Inspector
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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 Combination Building Inspector: license depends on the work (Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Safety Engineer to Electrical Inspector
- O*NET lists Construction and Building Inspectors as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (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 M1 step up on Code inspection
Electrical Inspector to Combination Building Inspector
- Next rung on 'Code inspection' (Skilled to Skilled).
- Gates: license depends on the work (Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR).
Side by side
All Construction and Building Inspectors: Texas median $64,810, $58,630 less a year than all Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors ($123,440), every experience level.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Combination Building Inspector: license depends on the work (Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year
B +8.2% Texas, 1,860 openings a year
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.4 / 5+0.32.7 / 5
- Outdoors, all weather+1.26Outdoors, all weather: A 3.22, B 4.48
- Standing+0.57Standing: A 2.79, B 3.36
- Very hot or cold+0.56Very hot or cold: A 2.84, B 3.4
- High places+0.56High places: A 2.6, B 3.16
- Walking or running+0.52Walking or running: A 2.4, B 2.92
Degree
A Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 20% do).
License
A 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.
B Texas: inspecting plumbing needs a TSBPE Plumbing Inspector license (500 hours, exam). No state license found for building or electrical inspection at TDLR.
Experience
A Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.
B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 32%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
To build: 0
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