Cultivator vs building equipment operator

The differences between cultivators and building equipment operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a cultivator has an average salary of $43,076, which is higher than the $41,007 average annual salary of a building equipment operator.

The top three skills for a cultivator include harvest, plant care and CBD. The most important skills for a building equipment operator are loaders, HVAC, and blowers.

Cultivator vs building equipment operator overview

	Cultivator	Building Equipment Operator
Yearly salary	$43,076	$41,007
Hourly rate	$20.71	$19.71
Growth rate	1%	4%
Number of jobs	576	45,267
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	High School Diploma, 25%
Average age	40	50
Years of experience	-	2

Cultivator vs building equipment operator salary

Cultivators and building equipment operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Cultivator	Building Equipment Operator
Average salary	$43,076	$41,007
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $86,000	Between $31,000 And $53,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between cultivator and building equipment operator education

There are a few differences between a cultivator and a building equipment operator in terms of educational background:

	Cultivator	Building Equipment Operator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	High School Diploma, 25%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Cultivator vs building equipment operator demographics

Here are the differences between cultivators' and building equipment operators' demographics:

	Cultivator	Building Equipment Operator
Average age	40	50
Gender ratio	Male, 75.2% Female, 24.8%	Male, 93.9% Female, 6.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.0% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 30.0% Asian, 1.9% White, 58.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 8.2% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	3%	4%

Differences between cultivator and building equipment operator duties and responsibilities

Cultivator example responsibilities.

Manage and stock nursery inventory.
Purchase local organic produce for CSA boxes.
Transition plants from mom phase into clone phase, veg phase to bloom phase.
Work in the garden with plants, assist with transplanting, watering, feeding and harvest.
License by the DC dept of health to perform all cultivation duties within medical marijuana facility.
Research and design to implement successful medical marijuana cultivation, speck sources and equipment, and create environment for ideal efficiency.

Building equipment operator example responsibilities.

Assist in installation of new HVAC equipment residential & commercial.
Design parts in AutoCAD to transfer into DesignEdge software to operate PlasmaCAM cutting table.
Maintain all HVAC equipment, operations, and P.M. equipment for all buildings in the downtown area.
Field work include all preparation for planting through harvest on particular operation including liquid manure spreading.
Install different types of roofing materials to include sheathing, feel, roll roofing, composition shingles and build up roofing.
Install and maintain all air compressors, printing presses and conveyor systems.

Cultivator vs building equipment operator skills

Common cultivator skills

Harvest, 31%
Plant Care, 19%
CBD, 16%
Clone, 13%
Cultivators, 10%
Pest Control, 5%

Common building equipment operator skills

Loaders, 26%
HVAC, 21%
Blowers, 17%
Snow Removal, 16%
Equipment Operation, 7%
Construction Equipment, 5%

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