Compare A Safety Engineer ↔ B Fire Protection Engineer

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Gates on this route

Move 1, to Fire Protection Engineer: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one).

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Safety Engineer to Fire Protection Engineer
- O*NET lists Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.80 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- Gates: bachelor's degree (O*NET: most in Fire Protection Engineer hold one).

Side by side

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

$123,440no difference shown$123,440

Both roles fall under OEWS SOC 17-2111; OEWS does not split pay by level, so an occupation-wide difference would read $0.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

A +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

B +11.9% Texas, 220 openings a year

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

2.4 / 5-0.42.0 / 5

Hazardous equipment-1.10Hazardous equipment: A 2.87, B 1.77
Very hot or cold-0.80Very hot or cold: A 2.84, B 2.04
Outdoors, all weather-0.76Outdoors, all weather: A 3.22, B 2.46
High places-0.64High places: A 2.6, B 1.96
Hazardous conditions-0.63Hazardous conditions: A 2.67, B 2.04

Degree

A Degree data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher (O*NET: 96%).

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 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 Experience data UNAVAILABLE in O*NET.

B Most common related work experience: none (O*NET: 31%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Writing
Coordination
Instructing
Learning Strategies

To build: 6

Operations Analysis +2.00
Science +1.12
Technology Design +1.12
Quality Control Analysis +0.76
Active Learning +0.63
Critical Thinking +0.50

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