Founder vs smelter operator

The differences between founders and smelter operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a founder has an average salary of $91,296, which is higher than the $32,894 average annual salary of a smelter operator.

The top three skills for a founder include web design, business strategy and non-profit organization. The most important skills for a smelter operator are smelting, control room, and end loaders.

Founder vs smelter operator overview

	Founder	Smelter Operator
Yearly salary	$91,296	$32,894
Hourly rate	$43.89	$15.81
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	59	26,336
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	High School Diploma, 65%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	-	-

Founder vs smelter operator salary

Founders and smelter operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Founder	Smelter Operator
Average salary	$91,296	$32,894
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $176,000	Between $25,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between founder and smelter operator education

There are a few differences between a founder and a smelter operator in terms of educational background:

	Founder	Smelter Operator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	High School Diploma, 65%
Most common major	Business	Criminal Justice
Most common college	-	-

Founder vs smelter operator demographics

Here are the differences between founders' and smelter operators' demographics:

	Founder	Smelter Operator
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 64.3% Female, 35.7%	Male, 95.5% Female, 4.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 3.7% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 2.8% White, 67.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between founder and smelter operator duties and responsibilities

Founder example responsibilities.

Manage revenue, expense transactions, complete customer invoices, purchase orders (QuickBooks).
Lead team of software developers (JavaScript) and sound engineers that launch interactive sound solutions for the web.
Manage paid AdWords and Facebook marketing campaigns for consumer-persona research, brand awareness and customer acquisition.
Manage company expense and payroll accounts, purchase and deliver materials to job-sites, and business administrative services simultaneously.
Design, develop and maintain websites using cross-browser compliant XHTML, CSS & JavaScript.
Launch the site to fill a gap in educating beginner web programmers to use HTML to PHP to MySQL.

Smelter operator example responsibilities.

Manage work and heater logs, overtime budget, project delegation and PPE gear inventory.
Demonstrate ability to troubleshoot creatively, solve problems effectively, and make inform decisions while successfully guiding others through constant change.
Assist in the process of extracting CO2 gas from molten copper ore.

Founder vs smelter operator skills

Common founder skills

Web Design, 24%
Business Strategy, 5%
Non-Profit Organization, 5%
Facebook, 5%
R, 4%
Business Plan, 4%

Common smelter operator skills

Smelting, 52%
Control Room, 28%
End Loaders, 13%
Fork-Lift, 7%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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