Brewing technician vs manufacturing technician

The differences between brewing technicians and manufacturing technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-3 months to become a brewing technician, becoming a manufacturing technician takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a brewing technician has an average salary of $44,531, which is higher than the $37,853 average annual salary of a manufacturing technician.

The top three skills for a brewing technician include CO2, and . The most important skills for a manufacturing technician are GMP, continuous improvement, and hand tools.

Brewing technician vs manufacturing technician overview

	Brewing Technician	Manufacturing Technician
Yearly salary	$44,531	$37,853
Hourly rate	$21.41	$18.20
Growth rate	4%	3%
Number of jobs	8,784	76,490
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Average age	41	45
Years of experience	3	2

Brewing technician vs manufacturing technician salary

Brewing technicians and manufacturing technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Brewing Technician	Manufacturing Technician
Average salary	$44,531	$37,853
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $68,000	Between $27,000 And $52,000
Highest paying City	-	Framingham, MA
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Qorvo
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between brewing technician and manufacturing technician education

There are a few differences between a brewing technician and a manufacturing technician in terms of educational background:

	Brewing Technician	Manufacturing Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Most common major	Chemistry	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Brewing technician vs manufacturing technician demographics

Here are the differences between brewing technicians' and manufacturing technicians' demographics:

	Brewing Technician	Manufacturing Technician
Average age	41	45
Gender ratio	Male, 87.5% Female, 12.5%	Male, 74.4% Female, 25.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.1% Asian, 5.4% White, 58.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 8.9% White, 59.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between brewing technician and manufacturing technician duties and responsibilities

Brewing technician example responsibilities.

Relay to the oncoming shift everything accomplish and the projected workload through use of PowerPoint and excel.
Serve on QA taste panel, continual improvement projects, and safety team.
Evaluate current lab practices and independent initialization of startup procedures for new lab practices and lab organization for ISO accreditation.
Prepare compounds and dispense medications, chemotherapy, and intravenous medications upon physician's orders.

Manufacturing technician example responsibilities.

Relay to the oncoming shift everything accomplish and the projected workload through use of PowerPoint and excel.
Perform adjustments to CIP equipment and run computer programs in order to automate the cleaning and sanitizing of the equipment.
Require reading, writing and arithmetic skills, oral communication, manual dexterity and successful completion of on-the-job training.
Inspect ladders, tools, job sites, fire extinguishers, valves, etc.
Operate buffing machines that are split for polishers.
Provide needed training for new specification fab wide.

Brewing technician vs manufacturing technician skills

Common brewing technician skills

CO2, 100%

Common manufacturing technician skills

GMP, 6%
Continuous Improvement, 5%
Hand Tools, 5%
Production Equipment, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 4%
Safety Procedures, 4%

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