Lead electrical technician vs electrical design technician

The differences between lead electrical technicians and electrical design technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a lead electrical technician has an average salary of $100,275, which is higher than the $51,226 average annual salary of an electrical design technician.

The top three skills for a lead electrical technician include electrical equipment, safety procedures and PLC. The most important skills for an electrical design technician are revit, electrical drawings, and electrical design.

Lead electrical technician vs electrical design technician overview

	Lead Electrical Technician	Electrical Design Technician
Yearly salary	$100,275	$51,226
Hourly rate	$48.21	$24.63
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	54,075	70,773
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 39%	Associate Degree, 62%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	-	-

Lead electrical technician vs electrical design technician salary

Lead electrical technicians and electrical design technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Lead Electrical Technician	Electrical Design Technician
Average salary	$100,275	$51,226
Salary range	Between $68,000 And $146,000	Between $28,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
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Differences between lead electrical technician and electrical design technician education

There are a few differences between a lead electrical technician and an electrical design technician in terms of educational background:

	Lead Electrical Technician	Electrical Design Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 39%	Associate Degree, 62%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Drafting And Design
Most common college	California State University - Long Beach	California State University - Long Beach

Lead electrical technician vs electrical design technician demographics

Here are the differences between lead electrical technicians' and electrical design technicians' demographics:

	Lead Electrical Technician	Electrical Design Technician
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 93.9% Female, 6.1%	Male, 84.9% Female, 15.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between lead electrical technician and electrical design technician duties and responsibilities

Lead electrical technician example responsibilities.

Lead technicians and engineers to accomplish a cross-functional CNC fixture design to improve production capabilities.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, personal protective equipment (PPE), HazMat and EPA regulations.
Install and maintain primary and secondary electrical transformers and control systems.
Design large control panel layouts in AutoCAD.
Install and up grade all electrical per OSHA guides.
Repair and maintain and install PLC controls, DCS controls and SCADA controls.

Electrical design technician example responsibilities.

Lead technicians and engineers to accomplish a cross-functional CNC fixture design to improve production capabilities.
Develop RF products base on low to high level implementation specifications base on customer or requests or company design modification requirements.
Design experience include power applications using gas turbines, diesel generators, substation, and switchgear design.
Test operational elements include normal and emergency operation of PLCs, validation of Rsview32 HMI operation and SCADA system interface.
Design emergency switchgear and emergency generator conduit routing through congest boiler room area.
Furnish substation battery & charger size calculation utilizing IEEE format.

Lead electrical technician vs electrical design technician skills

Common lead electrical technician skills

Electrical Equipment, 10%
Safety Procedures, 8%
PLC, 7%
Electrical Components, 6%
Test Equipment, 4%
Motor Control Centers, 3%

Common electrical design technician skills

Revit, 14%
Electrical Drawings, 11%
Electrical Design, 10%
BIM, 7%
Design Changes, 6%
Aided Design, 5%

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