AI Career Radar

Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers

Research causes of fires, determine fire protection methods, and design or recommend materials or equipment such as structural components or fire-detection equipment to assist organizations in safeguarding life and property against fire, explosion, and related hazards.

AI exposure25 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation19
Freedom to set tasks75
Repeating the same tasks34
$115,160Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+5.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
72Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Critical Thinking
63
81
Speaking
63
75
Judgment and Decision Making
63
75
Active Listening
63
72
Monitoring
63
53
Complex Problem Solving
62
75
Active Learning
62
72
Coordination
62
53
Reading Comprehension
61
75
Time Management
61
60
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
72
Social Perceptiveness
60
53
Learning Strategies
58
53
Instructing
58
53
Systems Analysis
57
72
Systems Evaluation
56
72
Service Orientation
56
50
Persuasion
54
53
Mathematics
53
53
Science
52
66
Negotiation
52
50
Management of Personnel Resources
50
53
Operations Analysis
49
69
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
60
Technology Design
47
50
Troubleshooting
47
44
Management of Material Resources
47
44
Management of Financial Resources
47
41
Equipment Selection
47
25
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
47
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
16
Operation and Control
43
19

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

90/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$132,300
10-yr growth
+41%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Coordination

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$167,220
10-yr growth
+8.2%
Skill gap
4%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Coordination, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Service Orientation, Active Listening

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82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$328,730
10-yr growth
+6.8%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Active Listening

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.