Explosive ordnance technician vs sample taker operator

The differences between explosive ordnance technicians and sample taker operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an explosive ordnance technician and a sample taker operator. Additionally, an explosive ordnance technician has an average salary of $42,298, which is higher than the $33,559 average annual salary of a sample taker operator.

The top three skills for an explosive ordnance technician include patrol, improvised explosive devices and extraction. The most important skills for a sample taker operator are harvest, data entry, and .

Explosive ordnance technician vs sample taker operator overview

	Explosive Ordnance Technician	Sample Taker Operator
Yearly salary	$42,298	$33,559
Hourly rate	$20.34	$16.13
Growth rate	6%	-8%
Number of jobs	6,433	27,728
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	High School Diploma, 32%
Average age	28	28
Years of experience	4	4

Explosive ordnance technician vs sample taker operator salary

Explosive ordnance technicians and sample taker operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Explosive Ordnance Technician	Sample Taker Operator
Average salary	$42,298	$33,559
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $74,000	Between $26,000 And $42,000
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Differences between explosive ordnance technician and sample taker operator education

There are a few differences between an explosive ordnance technician and a sample taker operator in terms of educational background:

	Explosive Ordnance Technician	Sample Taker Operator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	High School Diploma, 32%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Business
Most common college	-	-

Explosive ordnance technician vs sample taker operator demographics

Here are the differences between explosive ordnance technicians' and sample taker operators' demographics:

	Explosive Ordnance Technician	Sample Taker Operator
Average age	28	28
Gender ratio	Male, 91.6% Female, 8.4%	Male, 64.6% Female, 35.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.4% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.3% Asian, 2.1% White, 59.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% Asian, 0.9% White, 60.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between explosive ordnance technician and sample taker operator duties and responsibilities

Explosive ordnance technician example responsibilities.

Lead a team of marines in the arming, troubleshooting, launching, and receiving of twelve F/A-18 jets.
Specialize in proper ordnance placement and detonation to accomplish goals such as demolition and excavation.
Work with a team to safely remove hazardous unexplode ordnance and materials, using GPS and metal detectors.
Operate EM61mk2, RTK, RTS, and other survey grade GPS.
Work with a variety of PPE.
Conduct daily sustatainment training with assign EDD.

Sample taker operator example responsibilities.

Manage day-to-day transportation and logistics services for multinational account base.
Light and heavy draft of barges for coal testing in ash, sulfur, and BTU's of coal.
Monitor combat missions through satellite and computer global positioning systems in order to prepare accurate reports for unit commanders.
coal auger operator, service equipment
Operate monitoring systems for various demil and recycle equipment via remote cameras and computer data output.

Explosive ordnance technician vs sample taker operator skills

Common explosive ordnance technician skills

Patrol, 67%
Improvised Explosive Devices, 8%
Extraction, 6%
Law Enforcement Agencies, 5%
EOD, 3%
Explosive Ordnance Disposal, 3%

Common sample taker operator skills

Harvest, 63%
Data Entry, 37%

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