Diamond powder technician vs smt operator

The differences between diamond powder technicians and smt operators 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 $33,647 average annual salary of an smt operator.

The top three skills for a diamond powder technician include powder coat, hand tools and cranes. The most important skills for an smt operator are hand tools, PCB, and reflow oven.

Diamond powder technician vs smt operator overview

	Diamond Powder Technician	SMT Operator
Yearly salary	$35,130	$33,647
Hourly rate	$16.89	$16.18
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	6,376	54,826
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	Associate Degree, 32%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Diamond powder technician vs smt operator salary

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

	Diamond Powder Technician	SMT Operator
Average salary	$35,130	$33,647
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $44,000	Between $25,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Monterey, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Sanmina
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between diamond powder technician and smt operator education

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

	Diamond Powder Technician	SMT Operator
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	Associate Degree, 32%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Diamond powder technician vs smt operator demographics

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

	Diamond Powder Technician	SMT Operator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 71.0% Female, 29.0%
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, 11.8% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 7.7% White, 54.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between diamond powder technician and smt operator 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.

Smt operator example responsibilities.

Lead pace lines in packaging OEM products.
Comply with company's standards of ESD, IPC-A-610, work instructions and ISO procedures and policies.
Hand assemble and run diagnostic tests on various electronic components.
Follow practices to ensure AIB, ISO standards are being meet and excel.
Replace damage, missing, misplace and wrong used/mount resistors and capacitors and other different components.
Mount components such as transformers, resistors, capacitors, integrate circuits and sockets on panel or print circuit board.

Diamond powder technician vs smt operator skills

Common diamond powder technician skills

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

Common smt operator skills

Hand Tools, 8%
PCB, 6%
Reflow Oven, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
IPC-A-610, 5%
Circuit Board Assemblies, 4%

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