Diamond powder technician vs spinner

The differences between diamond powder technicians and spinners can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a spinner has an average salary of $36,150, which is higher than the $35,130 average annual salary of a diamond powder technician.

The top three skills for a diamond powder technician include powder coat, hand tools and cranes. The most important skills for a spinner are customer service, creel, and spindles.

Diamond powder technician vs spinner overview

	Diamond Powder Technician	Spinner
Yearly salary	$35,130	$36,150
Hourly rate	$16.89	$17.38
Growth rate	2%	-5%
Number of jobs	6,376	89
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 55%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Diamond powder technician vs spinner salary

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

	Diamond Powder Technician	Spinner
Average salary	$35,130	$36,150
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $44,000	Between $21,000 And $61,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between diamond powder technician and spinner education

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

	Diamond Powder Technician	Spinner
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 55%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Diamond powder technician vs spinner demographics

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

	Diamond Powder Technician	Spinner
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 57.8% Female, 42.2%
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, 12.8% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 7.4% White, 55.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between diamond powder technician and spinner 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.

Spinner example responsibilities.

Frame spinners manage rows of spinning frames.
Able to troubleshoot problems that occur in operating equipment and processing yarn.
Hang and creel big bobbins of roving onto a machine and thread a bobbin from the bottom of the spinning frame.
Able to troubleshoot problems that occur in operating equipment and processing yarn.

Diamond powder technician vs spinner skills

Common diamond powder technician skills

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

Common spinner skills

Customer Service, 23%
Creel, 17%
Spindles, 15%
Spinners, 14%
Direct Traffic, 11%
Textile, 9%