Compare A Electrical General Foreman ↔ B Boilermaker

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No pay difference shown for this route: electrical Apprentice: All Electricians (47-2111) at every experience level, the occupation apprentices are counted in (SOC Classification Principle 7). Mostly journeyman-level workers, so it is not apprentice pay and is never subtracted.

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 Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3, to Boilermaker: license not checked yet.

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Electrical General Foreman to Electrical Foreman
- Same O*NET occupation (47-1011.00 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers): O*NET lists both job titles under it; same tasks and skills data.
- 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 Electrical Apprentice
- O*NET lists Helpers--Electricians as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.70 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
Move 3 Transfer move to the side
Electrical Apprentice to Boilermaker
- O*NET lists Boilermakers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.63 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license not checked yet.

Side by side

All Boilermakers: Texas median $75,750, $1,230 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers ($74,520), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Boilermaker 80%, Electrical General Foreman 63%.

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

$74,520+$1,230$75,750

Gates on the route: Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; Boilermaker: license not checked yet.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +4.0% Texas, 220 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

63%+17 pts80%

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

3.0 / 5+0.33.3 / 5

Outdoors, all weather-1.16Outdoors, all weather: A 4.43, B 3.27
Cramped space+0.96Cramped space: A 2.41, B 3.37
Hazardous equipment-0.91Hazardous equipment: A 4.18, B 3.27
Keeping balance+0.82Keeping balance: A 1.81, B 2.63
Climbing ladders+0.81Climbing ladders: A 2.02, B 2.83

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: 0% do).

License

A Usually holds the TDLR Journeyman Electrician license from the previous rung; TDLR has no separate foreman license (license list checked).

B No license for this job found at TDLR electricians, A/C or TSBPE; TDLR's Boiler Safety program was not checked in this round.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 10 years (O*NET: 30%).

B Most common related work experience: over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (O*NET: 40%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Quality Control Analysis
Active Learning
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Equipment Selection

To build: 5

Equipment Maintenance +1.12
Operations Monitoring +1.12
Repairing +1.12
Troubleshooting +1.00
Operation and Control +0.87

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