Life support technician vs desk support technician

Differences between life support technician and desk support technician duties and responsibilities

Life support technician example responsibilities.

• Manage and maintain TCP/IP database and inventory control on hospital peripherals (printers and scanners).
• Repair fabric and rubber components, including protective clothing, thermal radiation barriers, flotation equipment, and various parachutes.
• Inspect and maintain all flotation equipment.
• Assist in aircrew combat survival training.
• Issue firearms to aircrew for combat deployment.
• Maintain, fit and don the following flotation devices.
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Desk support technician example responsibilities.

• Manage backups, replications and disaster recovery plans of company mission critical servers and database files to ensure redundancy.
• Use multiple monitor setup display and remote desktop applications via VPN to access associate computers.
• Utilize desktop deployment tools in order to deploy and maintain inventory for PCs, monitors, and printers.
• Assist with network connectivity with PCs, laptops, and mobile phones including TCP/IP settings and internet connections.
• Provide administrative support and troubleshooting for VPN users.
• Maintain company networks security systems and infrastructure hardware including firewalls and switches and install software security and firmware patches or upgrades.
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