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Factual side-by-side attributes from the imported O*NET and BLS OEWS datasets. No career is ranked or recommended.
Career A (or your current career)
Biofuels Processing Technicians
Career B (or your target career)
Biofuels Production Managers
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Comparison table
| Metric | Biofuels Processing Technicians | Biofuels Production Managers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $62,470 | $126,060 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 14,080 | 246,250 |
| Typical education | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | Bachelor's Degree |
| Job zone | 2 | 4 |
| Important skills | Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Reading Comprehension, Quality Control Analysis, Monitoring | Management of Personnel Resources, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Listening |
| Related careers | Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators, Agricultural Technicians, Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators | Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators, Industrial Engineers, Wind Energy Operations Managers, Wind Energy Development Managers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
48%
12 of 25 target skills
Target-only skills
13
Current-only skills
4
Skill overlap compares O*NET skills rated at importance 3.0 or above for each occupation. It is a measure of listed skill overlap, not a probability of getting the job.
Shared skills
- Reading Comprehension+0.3 level
- Critical Thinking+0.8 level
- Monitoring+0.6 level
- Active Listening+0.5 level
- Speaking+0.5 level
- Coordination+0.9 level
- Writing+0.5 level
- Social Perceptiveness+0.6 level
- Instructing+0.6 level
- Service Orientation+0.5 level
- Operation and Control—
- Operations Monitoring—
Only in Biofuels Production Managers
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Time Management
- Complex Problem Solving
- Learning Strategies
- Active Learning
- Systems Analysis
- Persuasion
- Negotiation
- Science
- Management of Financial Resources
- Mathematics
- Systems Evaluation
Only in Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Quality Control Analysis
- Equipment Maintenance
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting