Bindery assistant vs bindery technician

The differences between bindery assistants and bindery technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a bindery assistant and a bindery technician. Additionally, a bindery technician has an average salary of $32,090, which is higher than the $31,370 average annual salary of a bindery assistant.

The top three skills for a bindery assistant include hand tools, collate and collating. The most important skills for a bindery technician are stitching, collating, and bindery equipment.

Bindery assistant vs bindery technician overview

	Bindery Assistant	Bindery Technician
Yearly salary	$31,370	$32,090
Hourly rate	$15.08	$15.43
Growth rate	-	10%
Number of jobs	798	24,366
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 33%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	4	4

Bindery assistant vs bindery technician salary

Bindery assistants and bindery technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Bindery Assistant	Bindery Technician
Average salary	$31,370	$32,090
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $36,000	Between $26,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between bindery assistant and bindery technician education

There are a few differences between a bindery assistant and a bindery technician in terms of educational background:

	Bindery Assistant	Bindery Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 33%
Most common major	Business	Graphic Design
Most common college	-	-

Bindery assistant vs bindery technician demographics

Here are the differences between bindery assistants' and bindery technicians' demographics:

	Bindery Assistant	Bindery Technician
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 54.1% Female, 45.9%	Male, 69.7% Female, 30.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 8.8% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 8.8% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between bindery assistant and bindery technician duties and responsibilities

Bindery assistant example responsibilities.

Accomplish on the GBC wire binding, including plastic coiling.
Assist in running production equipment such as the stitching and folding machines as well as shipping.
Bond fiber to cushions for furniture
Work on assembly lines collating time management and home office materials.
Set up, run and maintain stitching, cutting, and folding machinery.
Operate a paper cutter, folder, spiral-binding machine, high volume copier and an automatic collating machine.

Bindery technician example responsibilities.

Lead a 10 man department, run team meetings, and process their yearly reviews.
Operate the cutter, padding press, folder and collating machine.
Copy printed material on a very large copy machine that do copying, collating, and stapling.
Compose written reports of data collect from patient evaluation and present to department chief for thorough analysis of patient diagnosis.
Perform installation, support, and service on Lexmark and Hewlett Packard laser printers predominately for automotive dealerships.

Bindery assistant vs bindery technician skills

Common bindery assistant skills

Hand Tools, 34%
Collate, 18%
Collating, 10%
Pallets, 8%
Customer Specifications, 8%
Newspapers, 5%

Common bindery technician skills

Stitching, 30%
Collating, 20%
Bindery Equipment, 12%
RAN, 9%
Troubleshoot, 8%
Equipment Operation, 6%