Compare A Fire Captain ↔ B Fire Protection Engineer
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1 move · +$41,730 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
Gates on this route
- Move 1, to Fire Protection Engineer: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one), license depends on the work (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).
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Fire Captain to Fire Protection Engineer +$41,730 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.54.
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one), license depends on the work (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).
- Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Science, Technology Design
Side by side
All Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers: Texas median $123,440, $41,730 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers ($81,710), every experience level.
More than 40 hours a week: Fire Protection Engineer 69%, Fire Captain 96%.
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one), license depends on the work (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).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +9.6% Texas, 700 openings a year
B +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.8 / 5-0.92.0 / 5
- Hazardous equipment-2.10Hazardous equipment: A 3.87, B 1.77
- Hazardous conditions-1.81Hazardous conditions: A 3.85, B 2.04
- Protective gear-1.56Protective gear: A 3.41, B 1.85
- Cramped space-1.36Cramped space: A 3.17, B 1.81
- Outdoors, all weather-1.10Outdoors, all weather: A 3.56, B 2.46
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 2% do).
B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 96%).
License
A Texas: paid, appointed firefighters need TCFP Structure Fire Suppression certification; the Fire Officer certificate for captains is optional under state law, though departments may require it.
B 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.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 27%).
B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 31%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Time Management
- Coordination
To build: 6
- Operations Analysis +1.87
- Science +1.74
- Technology Design +1.25
- Quality Control Analysis +1.00
- Systems Analysis +1.00
- Systems Evaluation +0.76
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