Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Tasks Include:
- Assemble solar modules, panels, or support structures, as specified.
- Install active solar systems, including solar collectors, concentrators, pumps, or fans.
- Install photovoltaic (PV) systems in accordance with codes and standards, using drawings, schematics, and instructions.
- Perform routine photovoltaic (PV) system maintenance on modules, arrays, batteries, power conditioning equipment, safety systems, structural systems, weather sealing, or balance of systems equipment.
- Activate photovoltaic (PV) systems to verify system functionality and conformity to performance expectations.
- Apply weather sealing to array, building, or support mechanisms.
- Check electrical installation for proper wiring, polarity, grounding, or integrity of terminations.
- Determine appropriate sizes, ratings, and locations for all system overcurrent devices, disconnect devices, grounding equipment, and surge suppression equipment.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +48.5%
National: +26.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$45,230.00
State
$45,230.00
Regional
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Assemble, install, or maintain solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on roofs or other structures in compliance with site assessment and schematics. May include measuring, cutting, assembling, and bolting structural framing and solar modules. May perform minor electrical work such as current checks.
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Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 55.53%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 16.14%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 14.02%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 12.03%
- Some College Courses = 1.79%
- Bachelor's Degree = 0.49%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 33.06%
- None = 23.10%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.73%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 11.64%
- Up to and including 1 month = 10.62%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 4.97%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.88%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 40.18%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 20.08%
- None = 19.33%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 18.10%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 2.32%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 30.86%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 29.78%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 10.66%
- None or short demonstration = 10.62%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.76%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.97%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.34%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Assemble solar modules, panels, or support structures, as specified.
- Install active solar systems, including solar collectors, concentrators, pumps, or fans.
- Install photovoltaic (PV) systems in accordance with codes and standards, using drawings, schematics, and instructions.
- Perform routine photovoltaic (PV) system maintenance on modules, arrays, batteries, power conditioning equipment, safety systems, structural systems, weather sealing, or balance of systems equipment.
- Activate photovoltaic (PV) systems to verify system functionality and conformity to performance expectations.
- Apply weather sealing to array, building, or support mechanisms.
- Check electrical installation for proper wiring, polarity, grounding, or integrity of terminations.
- Determine appropriate sizes, ratings, and locations for all system overcurrent devices, disconnect devices, grounding equipment, and surge suppression equipment.
- Determine connection interfaces for additional subpanels or for connecting photovoltaic (PV) systems with utility services or other power generation sources.
- Determine photovoltaic (PV) system designs or configurations based on factors such as customer needs, expectations, and site conditions.
- Examine designs to determine current requirements for all parts of the photovoltaic (PV) system electrical circuit.
- Identify and resolve any deficiencies in photovoltaic (PV) system installation or materials.
- Identify electrical, environmental, and safety hazards associated with photovoltaic (PV) installations.
- Identify installation locations with proper orientation, area, solar access, or structural integrity for photovoltaic (PV) arrays.
- Identify methods for laying out, orienting, and mounting modules or arrays to ensure efficient installation, electrical configuration, or system maintenance.
- Install module array interconnect wiring, implementing measures to disable arrays during installation.
- Install required labels on solar system components and hardware.
- Measure and analyze system performance and operating parameters to assess operating condition of systems or equipment.
- Program, adjust, or configure inverters and controls for desired set points and operating modes.
- Test operating voltages to ensure operation within acceptable limits for power conditioning equipment, such as inverters and controllers.
- Visually inspect and test photovoltaic (PV) modules or systems.
- Compile or maintain records of system operation, performance, and maintenance.
- Demonstrate system functionality and performance, including start-up, shut-down, normal operation, and emergency or bypass operations.
- Determine materials, equipment, and installation sequences necessary to maximize installation efficiency.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Diagram layouts and locations for photovoltaic (PV) arrays and equipment, including existing building or site features.
- Select mechanical designs, installation equipment, or installation plans that conform to environmental, architectural, structural, site, and code requirements.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Blow torches (Acetylene torches)
- Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable hand wrenches)
- Levels (Builders' levels)
- Calculators or accessories (Calculators)
- Caulking guns (Caulking equipment)
- Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Power drills (Cordless drills)
- Wire lug crimping tool (Crimping lugs)
- Desktop computers
- Multimeters (Digital multimeters)
- Geological compasses (Directional compasses)
- Shovels (Dirt shovels)
- Ladders (Extension ladders)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Fall arrest harnesses)
- Masks or accessories (Filter masks)
- Forklifts
- Squares (Framing squares)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Hex keys (Hex wrenches)
- Power drills (Impact drills)
- Pitch measuring instruments (Inclinometers)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Pipe wrenches (Large pipe wrenches)
- Levels (Laser line levels)
- Mallets
- Pipe wrenches (Medium pipe wrenches)
- Wire cutters (Pair of dykes)
- Personal computers
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Pipe cutters)
- Post hole digger (Post hole augers)
- Protective gloves
- Putty knives
- Files (Rat tail files)
- Ratchets (Ratchet sets)
- Power saws (Reciprocating saws)
- Safety glasses
- Hammers (Sledgehammers)
- Portable data input terminals (Solar analysis systems)
- Solar radiation surface observing apparatus (Solarimeters)
- Tape measures (Steel measuring tapes)
- Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
- Tinners snips (Tin snips)
- Levels (Torpedo levels)
- Trenching machines (Trenchers)
- Utility knives
- Front end loaders (Utility work machines)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Video probe systems)
- Ohmmeters (Volt-ohm meters VOM)
- Wheelbarrows
- Wire cutters
- Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
- Minivans or vans (Work vans)
Technologies Include:
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Work scheduling software
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Project management software
- Cost estimating software
- Project management software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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74.50 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
72.25 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
67.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
66.00 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
62.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
60.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
57.00 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
51.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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59.50 | Installation | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
56.25 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
62.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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86.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
84.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
80.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
80.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
78.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
78.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
77.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
69.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
67.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
66.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
65.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
65.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
65.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
64.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
63.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
62.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
61.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
60.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
58.00 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
57.50 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
57.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
56.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
56.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
56.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
55.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
55.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
54.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
53.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
52.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
51.50 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
50.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
49.50 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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84.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
83.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
81.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
80.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
73.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
64.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
62.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
61.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
60.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
59.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
57.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
55.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
55.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
54.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
51.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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50.00 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
50.00 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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85.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
85.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
84.40 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
84.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
82.20 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
81.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
81.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
80.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
79.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
79.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
78.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
77.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
77.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
75.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
74.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
73.60 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
73.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
72.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
71.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
70.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
69.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
68.60 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
67.20 | Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles | How much does this job require climbing ladders, scaffolds, or poles? |
67.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
66.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
65.20 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
64.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
64.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
63.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
62.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
61.20 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
60.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
60.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
60.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
59.60 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
59.60 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
57.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
55.80 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
55.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
54.80 | Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance? |
51.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $35,520.00 | $45,230.00 | $53,700.00 |
Virginia | $35,180.00 | $45,230.00 | $51,240.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 17,100 | 21,700 | +26.9% |
Virginia | 334 | 496 | +48.5% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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- Electro-Mechanical Solar Technician
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