Compare careers
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)
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Career B (or your target career)
Ship Engineers
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Comparison table
| Metric | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | Ship Engineers |
|---|---|---|
| National median salary | $93,530 | $109,530 |
| Local median salary | Not published | Not published |
| National employment | 99,140 | 8,400 |
| Typical education | Not recorded | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) |
| Job zone | 3 | 3 |
| Important skills | Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension | Critical Thinking, Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Repairing, Troubleshooting |
| Related careers | First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services, Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors, Occupational Health and Safety Technicians, First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators | Power Distributors and Dispatchers, Power Plant Operators, Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation, Wellhead Pumpers |
Career transition: skill overlap
Skill overlap
63%
12 of 19 target skills
Target-only skills
7
Current-only skills
8
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
- Critical Thinking—
- Operations Monitoring+0.9 level
- Monitoring—
- Active Listening—
- Speaking—
- Complex Problem Solving+0.3 level
- Judgment and Decision Making—
- Active Learning—
- Reading Comprehension—
- Time Management—
- Writing—
- Coordination—
Only in Ship Engineers
- Operation and Control
- Equipment Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
- Systems Analysis
- Quality Control Analysis
- Equipment Selection
Only in First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Instructing
- Social Perceptiveness
- Service Orientation
- Learning Strategies
- Persuasion
- Systems Evaluation
- Negotiation