Landscape management technician vs technician

The differences between landscape management technicians and technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a landscape management technician, becoming a technician takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a technician has an average salary of $38,045, which is higher than the $34,589 average annual salary of a landscape management technician.

The top three skills for a landscape management technician include general maintenance, GRASS and mowing. The most important skills for a technician are patients, customer service, and patient care.

Landscape management technician vs technician overview

	Landscape Management Technician	Technician
Yearly salary	$34,589	$38,045
Hourly rate	$16.63	$18.29
Growth rate	5%	1%
Number of jobs	67,454	596,842
Job satisfaction	-	2
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Average age	45	40
Years of experience	4	2

Landscape management technician vs technician salary

Landscape management technicians and technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Landscape Management Technician	Technician
Average salary	$34,589	$38,045
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $46,000	Between $24,000 And $58,000
Highest paying City	-	San Jose, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between landscape management technician and technician education

There are a few differences between a landscape management technician and a technician in terms of educational background:

	Landscape Management Technician	Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Pennsylvania State University	-

Landscape management technician vs technician demographics

Here are the differences between landscape management technicians' and technicians' demographics:

	Landscape Management Technician	Technician
Average age	45	40
Gender ratio	Male, 89.3% Female, 10.7%	Male, 75.2% Female, 24.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 1.3% White, 68.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 4.9% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	3%	2%

Differences between landscape management technician and technician duties and responsibilities

Landscape management technician example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Operate lawn mowing equipment such as weed whackers, leaf blowers, manual walk behind and sit down mowers.
Perform the tasks of trimming, mowing, weed control, pruning, and plugging and seeding.
Utilize farm tractors with front loaders, trailers, post hole augers, bush hog mowers, etc.
Pick up debris, including grass, leaves and trash.
Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, skid-steer loader, trencher to dig trench.

Technician example responsibilities.

Achieve multiple ASE certifications within first year of employment.
Implement and manage UHF radio base stations, repeaters, and command network, effectively linking all regional headquarters.
Manage telecommunications installation and repair for hospital Nortel network.
Maintain numerous automate scripts to assist in managing Linux systems.
Manage, troubleshot and repair multiple wireless technologies including fiber optic transmission switches.
Install peripherals including printers, fax machines, scanners, and smartphones.

Landscape management technician vs technician skills

Common landscape management technician skills

General Maintenance, 35%
GRASS, 28%
Mowing, 19%
Snow Removal, 5%
End Loaders, 5%
Flower Beds, 3%

Common technician skills

Patients, 16%
Customer Service, 14%
Patient Care, 8%
Hand Tools, 6%
Diagnosis, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 4%

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