Breeding technician vs animal technician

The differences between breeding technicians and animal technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a breeding technician, becoming an animal technician takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a breeding technician has an average salary of $46,429, which is higher than the $31,378 average annual salary of an animal technician.

The top three skills for a breeding technician include harvest, sows and ventilation. The most important skills for an animal technician are animal handling, autoclaves, and euthanasia.

Breeding technician vs animal technician overview

	Breeding Technician	Animal Technician
Yearly salary	$46,429	$31,378
Hourly rate	$22.32	$15.09
Growth rate	9%	20%
Number of jobs	8,961	39,917
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	40	32
Years of experience	4	12

Breeding technician vs animal technician salary

Breeding technicians and animal technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Breeding Technician	Animal Technician
Average salary	$46,429	$31,378
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $64,000	Between $19,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Harvard University
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between breeding technician and animal technician education

There are a few differences between a breeding technician and an animal technician in terms of educational background:

	Breeding Technician	Animal Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Animal Science	Biology
Most common college	Cornell University	Ohio State University

Breeding technician vs animal technician demographics

Here are the differences between breeding technicians' and animal technicians' demographics:

	Breeding Technician	Animal Technician
Average age	40	32
Gender ratio	Male, 60.0% Female, 40.0%	Male, 44.8% Female, 55.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.6% Unknown, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Asian, 12.8% White, 52.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%	Black or African American, 2.7% Unknown, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% Asian, 2.1% White, 77.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	6%	9%

Differences between breeding technician and animal technician duties and responsibilities

Breeding technician example responsibilities.

Manage the crossing activities to meet the target number of F1 seed, including quality control and purity.
Launch quality control assessments require for DNA analysis software.
Feed & care of pigs, clean up, breeding sow/gilts, misc as needed work within barns.
Analyze intracranial EEG's using Nicolet and Neuroscan programs.
Collaborate with USDA representatives during site inspections.
Perform various assays including radio labele DNA experiments.

Animal technician example responsibilities.

Maintain all necessary paperwork for specific species as required by the USDA, IACUC, as well as other agencies.
Maintain the cleanliness and organization of all animal facility locations.
Stock shelves with personal protection equipment (PPE).
Learned all PPE policies for different areas of the vivarium.
Train and supervise fellow animal technicians in GLP, vivarium policy, husbandry and sterilization methods.
Perform oral gavage, im, iv and ip injections and retro orbital collections in mice.

Breeding technician vs animal technician skills

Common breeding technician skills

Harvest, 27%
Sows, 16%
Ventilation, 11%
Cage Cards, 9%
GLP, 6%
Blood Collection, 4%

Common animal technician skills

Animal Handling, 7%
Autoclaves, 7%
Euthanasia, 6%
Laboratory Animal Care, 4%
Technical Procedures, 4%
AALAS, 4%

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