Compare A Housekeeping Supervisor ↔ B Appliance Service Technician
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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: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Move 2, to Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license.
- Move 3, to HVAC Technician: Texas: TDLR A/C Technician registration ($20, age 16+) to work under a licensed A/C contractor; contractor license after 48 months. Federal EPA 608 certification to handle refrigerant.
- Move 4, to Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).
Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Housekeeping Supervisor to Electrical Foreman
- O*NET lists First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
- Gates: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Active Listening, Coordination, Critical Thinking
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 HVAC Technician
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.86 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates: Texas: TDLR A/C Technician registration ($20, age 16+) to work under a licensed A/C contractor; contractor license after 48 months. Federal EPA 608 certification to handle refrigerant.
Move 4 Transfer move to the side
HVAC Technician to Appliance Service Technician
- O*NET lists Home Appliance Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.71.
- Gates: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).
- Skills to build: Quality Control Analysis, Repairing, Speaking
Side by side
All Home Appliance Repairers: Texas median $48,630, $6,970 more a year than all First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers ($41,660), every experience level.
Appliance Service Technician: 32% work more than 40 hours a week, about 2 times the share for Housekeeping Supervisor (16%).
Occupation-wide pay all experience levels, not this level's pay; Texas median, base pay, $0 to $300k
Gates on the route: Electrical Foreman: experience: over 10 years (O*NET, most common); Electrical Apprentice: Electrical Apprentice (TDLR) license; HVAC Technician: Texas: TDLR A/C Technician registration ($20, age 16+) to work under a licensed A/C contractor; contractor license after 48 months. Federal EPA 608 certification to handle refrigerant; Appliance Service Technician: license depends on the work (Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer).
Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation
A +11.5% Texas, 2,970 openings a year
B +9.5% Texas, 260 openings a year
Over 40 h a week
Physical load our index from O*NET, 1 to 5; A B; largest differences first
2.4 / 5+0.42.8 / 5
- Very hot or cold+2.20Very hot or cold: A 1.67, B 3.87
- Cramped space+1.98Cramped space: A 2.12, B 4.1
- Hazardous equipment+1.31Hazardous equipment: A 1.56, B 2.87
- Outdoors, all weather+1.11Outdoors, all weather: A 2.38, B 3.49
- Walking or running-0.97Walking or running: A 3.7, B 2.73
Degree
A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 12% do).
B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).
License
A No license for this job title at the 8 Texas and federal licensing agencies read on 2026-10-03 (TDLR, TSBPE, TCEQ, TCFP, TEA, TBPELS, NRC and EPA).
B Repairing existing appliances for a dealer or maker: no Texas electrician or plumbing license (exempt). Refrigerant work needs federal EPA 608; installing appliances needs TDLR Residential Appliance Installer.
Experience
A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 36%).
B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 34%).
Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5
You likely have: 6
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Reading Comprehension
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Service Orientation
- Time Management
To build: 6
- Installation +2.00
- Repairing +2.00
- Equipment Maintenance +1.50
- Troubleshooting +1.50
- Operations Monitoring +1.25
- Equipment Selection +1.00
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