Lidar technician vs design technician

The differences between lidar technicians and design technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a lidar technician, becoming a design technician takes usually requires 8-10 years. Additionally, a lidar technician has an average salary of $64,037, which is higher than the $62,288 average annual salary of a design technician.

The top three skills for a lidar technician include GIS, extraction and CAD. The most important skills for a design technician are revit, civil 3d, and aided design.

Lidar technician vs design technician overview

	Lidar Technician	Design Technician
Yearly salary	$64,037	$62,288
Hourly rate	$30.79	$29.95
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	14,916	48,394
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Associate Degree, 46%
Average age	50	45
Years of experience	12	10

Lidar technician vs design technician salary

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

	Lidar Technician	Design Technician
Average salary	$64,037	$62,288
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $97,000	Between $37,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between lidar technician and design technician education

There are a few differences between a lidar technician and a design technician in terms of educational background:

	Lidar Technician	Design Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Associate Degree, 46%
Most common major	Geography	Drafting And Design
Most common college	University of California, Berkeley	Carnegie Mellon University

Lidar technician vs design technician demographics

Here are the differences between lidar technicians' and design technicians' demographics:

	Lidar Technician	Design Technician
Average age	50	45
Gender ratio	Male, 69.5% Female, 30.5%	Male, 71.8% Female, 28.2%
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, 9.4% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% Asian, 8.7% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	8%	6%

Differences between lidar technician and design technician duties and responsibilities

Lidar technician example responsibilities.

Develop GIS datasets through detail feature extraction.
Experience at using MicroStation, InterPlot, Geopak, Textpad, and Decartes software.
Update and improve spatial and thematic accuracy of features within the GIS to match LiDAR base data.
Perform peer-reviews and map-editing using MicroStation software.
Assess contractor bid documents and prepare PowerPoint presentations for management by administering proposals to procurement in awarding work to eligible contractors.
Create georeferenced scan strips and exterior orientations using Linux base Toppit software.

Design technician example responsibilities.

Manage the life cycle of the product using PLM from creation to the top of production sample.
Lead team in Revit modeling and documentation including precise replication of intricate detention security hardware.
Job duties include but not limit to assisting professional engineers in designing HVAC and plumbing systems.
Experience in draft beer equipment (jockey box, taps, lines, etc . )
Assist customer with IP addressing.
Used Carlson plugin software with AutoCAD.

Lidar technician vs design technician skills

Common lidar technician skills

GIS, 28%
Extraction, 23%
CAD, 23%
Troubleshoot, 14%
Digital Terrain Models, 6%
Data Processing, 4%

Common design technician skills

Revit, 8%
Civil 3D, 6%
Aided Design, 5%
Sketch, 4%
Auto CAD, 4%
Work Ethic, 4%