Human service technician vs senior service technician

The differences between human service technicians and senior service technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a human service technician and a senior service technician. Additionally, a senior service technician has an average salary of $74,893, which is higher than the $32,621 average annual salary of a human service technician.

The top three skills for a human service technician include data entry, community resources and social services. The most important skills for a senior service technician are customer service, preventative maintenance, and java.

Human service technician vs senior service technician overview

	Human Service Technician	Senior Service Technician
Yearly salary	$32,621	$74,893
Hourly rate	$15.68	$36.01
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	140,916	134,284
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Associate Degree, 39%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	12	12

Human service technician vs senior service technician salary

Human service technicians and senior service technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Human Service Technician	Senior Service Technician
Average salary	$32,621	$74,893
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $40,000	Between $51,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	Rochester, MN	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Washington
Best paying company	City of Richmond	UBS
Best paying industry	Professional	Energy

Differences between human service technician and senior service technician education

There are a few differences between a human service technician and a senior service technician in terms of educational background:

	Human Service Technician	Senior Service Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Associate Degree, 39%
Most common major	Psychology	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Human service technician vs senior service technician demographics

Here are the differences between human service technicians' and senior service technicians' demographics:

	Human Service Technician	Senior Service Technician
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 27.9% Female, 72.1%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.7% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% Asian, 1.8% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 5.3% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 1.7% White, 72.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	1%	1%

Differences between human service technician and senior service technician duties and responsibilities

Human service technician example responsibilities.

Assess patients in active withdrawal and provide interventions to manage physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms.
Assist mentally challenge individuals with ADL'S.
Attend annual service training, including CPR and a refresher courses.
Answer phones and provide excellent customer service; train in first aid and CPR.
Assist assign residents with their ADL as directed such as bathing, toileting, hair combing, etc.
Interview patients to compile information on social, educational, criminal institutional and drug history.

Senior service technician example responsibilities.

Create and manage a VOIP lab environment used for product staging and development testing.
Manage a deployment of the new in house Cisco VOIP phone system and expand to multiple offices.
Lead reporting team in defining application architecture for high-volume reporting system.
Perform firmware and Bios upgrade for hard drives and system boards.
Design, surface mount solder, build, and troubleshoot PCB boards.
Assign to repair field return communication PCB's using logic analyzer and schematics.

Human service technician vs senior service technician skills

Common human service technician skills

Data Entry, 13%
Community Resources, 11%
Social Services, 10%
Telephone Inquiries, 9%
Patients, 8%
Direct Care, 7%

Common senior service technician skills

Customer Service, 14%
Preventative Maintenance, 7%
Java, 6%
CAD, 6%
Hand Tools, 6%
HVAC, 6%

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