Lidar technician vs senior electronics technician

The differences between lidar technicians and senior electronics 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 lidar technician and a senior electronics technician. Additionally, a lidar technician has an average salary of $64,037, which is higher than the $61,776 average annual salary of a senior electronics technician.

The top three skills for a lidar technician include GIS, extraction and CAD. The most important skills for a senior electronics technician are RF, technical support, and analog.

Lidar technician vs senior electronics technician overview

	Lidar Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Yearly salary	$64,037	$61,776
Hourly rate	$30.79	$29.70
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	14,916	68,281
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Associate Degree, 58%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	12	12

Lidar technician vs senior electronics technician salary

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

	Lidar Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Average salary	$64,037	$61,776
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $97,000	Between $44,000 And $85,000
Highest paying City	-	Pleasanton, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Halliburton
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between lidar technician and senior electronics technician education

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

	Lidar Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Associate Degree, 58%
Most common major	Geography	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	University of California, Berkeley	Northeastern University

Lidar technician vs senior electronics technician demographics

Here are the differences between lidar technicians' and senior electronics technicians' demographics:

	Lidar Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 69.5% Female, 30.5%	Male, 94.6% Female, 5.4%
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 lidar technician and senior electronics 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.

Senior electronics technician example responsibilities.

Manage and ensure preventative maintenance, safety, and OSHA compliance programs are meet.
Analyze, and troubleshoot analog, digital, audio, and RF circuits to component level in telephone circuit boards.
Work to ensure compliance with all OSHA, ISO, cGMP and FDA standards.
Experience using oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers to measure and interpret transmitter system operating parameters.
Perform alignments using network analyzers, scalar analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
Train on ISO and IPC.

Lidar technician vs senior electronics technician skills

Common lidar technician skills

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

Common senior electronics technician skills

RF, 9%
Technical Support, 5%
Analog, 5%
Ac, 4%
Dc, 4%
Oscilloscopes, 4%

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