Dell field technician vs set up technician

The differences between dell field technicians and set up technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a dell field technician and a set up technician. Additionally, a dell field technician has an average salary of $42,796, which is higher than the $36,486 average annual salary of a set up technician.

The top three skills for a dell field technician include desktop, POS and customer locations. The most important skills for a set up technician are hand tools, CNC, and safety procedures.

Dell field technician vs set up technician overview

	Dell Field Technician	Set Up Technician
Yearly salary	$42,796	$36,486
Hourly rate	$20.57	$17.54
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	104,206	53,072
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 44%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Dell field technician vs set up technician salary

Dell field technicians and set up technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Dell Field Technician	Set Up Technician
Average salary	$42,796	$36,486
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $56,000	Between $28,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	-	Manchester, NH
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Zoetis
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between dell field technician and set up technician education

There are a few differences between a dell field technician and a set up technician in terms of educational background:

	Dell Field Technician	Set Up Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 44%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Business
Most common college	Georgia Institute of Technology	-

Dell field technician vs set up technician demographics

Here are the differences between dell field technicians' and set up technicians' demographics:

	Dell Field Technician	Set Up Technician
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 94.7% Female, 5.3%	Male, 90.1% Female, 9.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 12.0% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 8.9% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between dell field technician and set up technician duties and responsibilities

Dell field technician example responsibilities.

Manage paperwork associate with HVAC procedures.
Work with motherboards to LCD displays.
Perform basic hardware replacements on dell desktop systems and portable computers.
Perform laptop and desktop repair and installation for dell and gateway customers.
Complete inventory of IBM laptops and accurately and efficiently input necessary data into designated database before repair.
Support services include network connectivity, including LAN and WLAN connectivity.

Set up technician example responsibilities.

Manage daily scheduling of production workload to be setup and run on machinery.
Follow OSHA, ISO, and FDA requirement and standards
Core team member in SPC and QSI introductions.
Set up machine and facilities for UV screen coating.
Maintain running UV press, flip paper, unload orders.
Set up and maintain extrusion equipment to run at maximum efficiency.

Dell field technician vs set up technician skills

Common dell field technician skills

Desktop, 23%
POS, 17%
Customer Locations, 13%
Mile Radius, 13%
Service Calls, 11%
Lenovo, 5%

Common set up technician skills

Hand Tools, 8%
CNC, 6%
Safety Procedures, 5%
Quality Standards, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 5%
Math, 4%

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