Compare A Industrial Machinery Mechanic ↔ B Maintenance Helper

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2 moves · -$24,930 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
Move 2, to Maintenance Helper: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Industrial Machinery Mechanic to Electric Motor Repairer -$1,640 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers as a related occupation (Primary-Short); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.92.
- Gates: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common).
- Skills to build: Equipment Selection, Complex Problem Solving
Move 2 Transfer move to the side
Electric Motor Repairer to Maintenance Helper -$23,290 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers as a related occupation (Supplemental); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608).

Side by side

All Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers: Texas median $37,000, $24,930 less a year than all Industrial Machinery Mechanics ($61,930), every experience level.

Industrial Machinery Mechanic: 47% work more than 40 hours a week, about 1.6 times the share for Maintenance Helper (29%).

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

$61,930-$24,930$37,000

Gates on the route: Electric Motor Repairer: experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET, most common); Maintenance Helper: license depends on the work (No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608).

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +21.8% Texas, 6,380 openings a year

B +9.3% Texas, 1,810 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

47%-18 pts29%

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

2.9 / 5+0.33.2 / 5

Outdoors, all weather+1.25Outdoors, all weather: A 2.69, B 3.94
Very hot or cold+0.66Very hot or cold: A 3.21, B 3.87
Protective gear+0.62Protective gear: A 2.5, B 3.12
Bending or twisting+0.53Bending or twisting: A 2.6, B 3.13
Keeping balance+0.44Keeping balance: A 1.83, B 2.27

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

B Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 0% do).

License

A No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

B No Texas license for in-house maintenance: electrician (1305.003(a)(8)) and plumbing (1301.053(a)(1)) laws exempt maintenance staff who do not work for the public. Refrigerant work needs EPA 608.

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (O*NET: 32%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 34%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Equipment Maintenance
Monitoring
Operation and Control
Operations Monitoring

To build: 0

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