Fuel storage technician vs smt operator

The differences between fuel storage technicians and smt operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a fuel storage technician has an average salary of $50,941, which is higher than the $33,647 average annual salary of an smt operator.

The top three skills for a fuel storage technician include SAN, routine maintenance and troubleshoot. The most important skills for an smt operator are hand tools, PCB, and reflow oven.

Fuel storage technician vs smt operator overview

	Fuel Storage Technician	SMT Operator
Yearly salary	$50,941	$33,647
Hourly rate	$24.49	$16.18
Growth rate	1%	2%
Number of jobs	26,622	54,826
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 32%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Fuel storage technician vs smt operator salary

Fuel storage technicians and smt operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Fuel Storage Technician	SMT Operator
Average salary	$50,941	$33,647
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $66,000	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 fuel storage technician and smt operator education

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

	Fuel Storage Technician	SMT Operator
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 32%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Fuel storage technician vs smt operator demographics

Here are the differences between fuel storage technicians' and smt operators' demographics:

	Fuel Storage Technician	SMT Operator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 78.0% Female, 22.0%	Male, 71.0% Female, 29.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 8.4% White, 58.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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 fuel storage technician and smt operator duties and responsibilities

Fuel storage technician example responsibilities.

Manage paperwork associate with HVAC procedures.
Maintain Medicaid files in order to recoup state funds.
Move items from receiving line to aircraft parts store (APS) through SATS.
Assist SAN and storage administrators with planning, updating and installing storage subsystem firmware updates.
Employ wide variety of hand on power tools including hoists, drills and precision measuring tools.
Install and configure EMC Symmetrix DASD subsystem and install and configure EMC software package to support process.

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.

Fuel storage technician vs smt operator skills

Common fuel storage technician skills

SAN, 45%
Routine Maintenance, 21%
Troubleshoot, 18%
Storage Facilities, 17%

Common smt operator skills

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