5.3 KiB
Market evidence report — fire-protection-technician
Source: 51 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 51), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 34 | 67 % |
| junior | 7 | 14 % |
| lead | 7 | 14 % |
| senior | 3 | 6 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notifier | 5 | 10 % |
| 2 | Silent Knight | 5 | 10 % |
| 3 | Fire-Lite | 4 | 8 % |
| 4 | laptop computers | 4 | 8 % |
| 5 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 8 % |
| 6 | Siemens | 4 | 8 % |
| 7 | Simplex | 4 | 8 % |
| 8 | multi-meter | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | Pyro Chem | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | Range Guard | 3 | 6 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | troubleshooting | 14 | 27 % |
| 2 | code compliance | 12 | 24 % |
| 3 | blueprint reading | 9 | 18 % |
| 4 | system repair | 9 | 18 % |
| 5 | fire alarm installation | 7 | 14 % |
| 6 | fire sprinkler installation | 6 | 12 % |
| 7 | system testing | 6 | 12 % |
| 8 | emergency troubleshooting | 4 | 8 % |
| 9 | fire alarm system inspection | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | fire alarm system troubleshooting | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | fire sprinkler system repair | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | fire suppression system inspection | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | piping installation | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | programming | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | system inspection | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | system maintenance | 4 | 8 % |
| 17 | system troubleshooting | 4 | 8 % |
| 18 | valve installation | 4 | 8 % |
| 19 | fire sprinkler inspection | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | fire sprinkler system inspection | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | fire sprinkler system testing | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | technical documentation | 3 | 6 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NFPA standards | 11 | 22 % |
| 2 | apprenticeship programs | 7 | 14 % |
| 3 | OSHA safety standards | 3 | 6 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | system installation | 10 | 20 % |
| 2 | documentation maintenance | 8 | 16 % |
| 3 | system inspection | 8 | 16 % |
| 4 | system repair | 8 | 16 % |
| 5 | customer communication | 7 | 14 % |
| 6 | documentation completion | 5 | 10 % |
| 7 | system testing | 5 | 10 % |
| 8 | system troubleshooting | 5 | 10 % |
| 9 | apprentice instruction | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | safety policy adherence | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | equipment maintenance | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | report preparation | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | service call response | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | system service | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | vehicle maintenance | 3 | 6 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 51 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
51 ads.
Top hard skills:
- troubleshooting — 27 % (14 ads)
- code compliance — 24 % (12 ads)
- blueprint reading — 18 % (9 ads)
- system repair — 18 % (9 ads)
- fire alarm installation — 14 % (7 ads)
- fire sprinkler installation — 12 % (6 ads)
- system testing — 12 % (6 ads)
- emergency troubleshooting — 8 % (4 ads)
- fire alarm system inspection — 8 % (4 ads)
- fire alarm system troubleshooting — 8 % (4 ads)
Top tools:
- Notifier — 10 % (5 ads)
- Silent Knight — 10 % (5 ads)
- Fire-Lite — 8 % (4 ads)
- laptop computers — 8 % (4 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 8 % (4 ads)
- Siemens — 8 % (4 ads)
- Simplex — 8 % (4 ads)
- multi-meter — 6 % (3 ads)
- Pyro Chem — 6 % (3 ads)
- Range Guard — 6 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 67 % · junior 14 % · lead 14 % · senior 6 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Fire Alarm Technician | 7 |
| Fire Sprinkler Technician | 5 |
| Fire Alarm Service Technician | 3 |
| Fire Service Sprinkler Technician | 3 |
| Fire Service Technician | 3 |
| Fire Sprinkler Service Technician | 3 |
| Lead Fire Sprinkler Technician | 2 |
| Lead Kitchen Fire Suppression Technician | 2 |
| Associate Fire Protection Technician-1 | 1 |
| Engineering Technician - Fire Protection (NICET III/IV) | 1 |
| Fire Alarm & Security Technician | 1 |
| Fire Alarm Apprentice | 1 |
| Fire Alarm System Technician | 1 |
| Fire Alarm Technician 2 - Greenville | 1 |
| Fire Alarm Technician 3 | 1 |
| Fire Detection Technician | 1 |
| Fire Protection Engineer: Risk & Life-Safety Expert | 1 |
| Fire Protection Field Engineer - New College Graduate | 1 |
| Fire Protection Technician Assistant: Training & Growth | 1 |
| Fire Service Sprinkler Technician - Now Hiring | 1 |
| Fire Sprinkler Repair Technician | 1 |
| Fire Sprinkler Technician Apprentice | 1 |
| Fire Sprinkler Technician: Service & Install Growth | 1 |
| Fire Suppression Systems Technician | 1 |
| Fire Suppression Technician | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.