Diamond powder technician vs powder coater

The differences between diamond powder technicians and powder coaters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a diamond powder technician has an average salary of $35,130, which is higher than the $34,122 average annual salary of a powder coater.

The top three skills for a diamond powder technician include powder coat, hand tools and cranes. The most important skills for a powder coater are safety procedures, aluminum, and assembly line.

Diamond powder technician vs powder coater overview

	Diamond Powder Technician	Powder Coater
Yearly salary	$35,130	$34,122
Hourly rate	$16.89	$16.40
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	6,376	480
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 60%
Average age	43	42
Years of experience	-	4

Diamond powder technician vs powder coater salary

Diamond powder technicians and powder coaters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Diamond Powder Technician	Powder Coater
Average salary	$35,130	$34,122
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $44,000	Between $27,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Everett, WA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Applied Materials
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between diamond powder technician and powder coater education

There are a few differences between a diamond powder technician and a powder coater in terms of educational background:

	Diamond Powder Technician	Powder Coater
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 60%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Diamond powder technician vs powder coater demographics

Here are the differences between diamond powder technicians' and powder coaters' demographics:

	Diamond Powder Technician	Powder Coater
Average age	43	42
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 89.7% Female, 10.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 13.0% Asian, 7.1% White, 66.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 3.7% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	4%

Differences between diamond powder technician and powder coater duties and responsibilities

Diamond powder technician example responsibilities.

Train in operating heavy machinery such as mills and spray dryers.
Build, test and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems for prototype water distillation equipment.
Certify to run plastics extruders, plastics expanders and high tech all-in-one expand/cut to length machines.

Powder coater example responsibilities.

Operate diamond turning lathe machines making IR optical lenses.
Load seed into dryers for coating, arrange and coat seed.
Perform quality tests to assure products meet the specifications regulate by ISO.
Select the correct powder and coats to industry, company and customer standards.
Programme and setup IR optical jobs carefully following blueprint guidelines to engineer's standards.
Follow all GMP regulations and standard operating procedures need to clean and operate equipment.

Diamond powder technician vs powder coater skills

Common diamond powder technician skills

Powder Coat, 28%
Hand Tools, 20%
Cranes, 9%
Production Equipment, 8%
Detect Defects, 6%
CNC, 6%

Common powder coater skills

Safety Procedures, 17%
Aluminum, 13%
Assembly Line, 10%
Visual Inspections, 6%
Coats, 5%
Detect Defects, 4%

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