Compare A Solar Energy Installation Manager ↔ B Elevator Mechanic

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Your route

2 moves · +$27,620 a year, Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels

Gates on this route

Move 1, to Facilities Technician: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).
Move 2, to Elevator Mechanic: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Move 1 Transfer move to the side
Solar Energy Installation Manager to Facilities Technician -$27,850 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- O*NET lists Maintenance and Repair Workers, General as a related occupation (Primary-Long); skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.62 (O*NET related occupation beyond the 6 drawn laterals).
- 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
Facilities Technician to Elevator Mechanic +$55,470 Texas medians of each whole occupation, all experience levels
- Skills and knowledge profile similarity r = 0.87 (one of the 3 most similar occupations, r >= 0.6).
- Gates checked: no degree, license or hours gate found (O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for this job).

Side by side

All Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers: Texas median $102,140, $27,620 more a year than all Solar Energy Installation Managers ($74,520), every experience level.

More than 40 hours a week: Elevator Mechanic 74%, Solar Energy Installation Manager 62%.

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

$74,520+$27,620$102,140

Gates checked: No degree, license or hours gate on these moves in O*NET 31.0 and the licensing agencies checked for each job.

Outlook 2024 to 2034 whole occupation

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

B +10.2% Texas, 120 openings a year

Over 40 h a week

62%+12 pts74%

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

3.3 / 5+0.43.7 / 5

Cramped space+1.66Cramped space: A 2.91, B 4.57
Bending or twisting+1.53Bending or twisting: A 2.9, B 4.43
Outdoors, all weather-1.16Outdoors, all weather: A 4.42, B 3.26
Hazardous conditions+1.12Hazardous conditions: A 3.73, B 4.85
Hazardous equipment+1.00Hazardous equipment: A 3.36, B 4.36

Degree

A Most people in this job do not hold a bachelor's degree (O*NET: 6% do).

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

License

A No license for this solar supervision title at TDLR; the installing company needs a TDLR Electrical Contractor license, and anyone doing the PV wiring needs a TDLR electrician license.

B Texas: elevator work must be done under a TDLR-registered elevator contractor with a Responsible Party (3 years' experience); TDLR has no separate mechanic license. No electrician license needed (1305.003(a)(15)).

Experience

A Most common related work experience: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (O*NET: 26%).

B Most common related work experience: over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (O*NET: 29%).

Skills O*NET importance, 1 to 5

You likely have: 6

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Judgment and Decision Making
Active Learning
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension

To build: 6

Equipment Maintenance +1.88
Repairing +1.88
Installation +1.62
Troubleshooting +1.50
Equipment Selection +1.13
Operations Monitoring +0.62

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Save Solar Energy Installation Manager to Elevator Mechanic as your goal. Each step then shows the hours you have logged toward it, your exam practice and your license, with the one thing to do next and the 6 skills to build as a checklist. Free with an account.