Pc deployment technician vs set up technician

The differences between pc deployment technicians and set up technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a pc deployment technician and a set up technician. Additionally, a pc deployment technician has an average salary of $46,198, which is higher than the $36,486 average annual salary of a set up technician.

The top three skills for a pc deployment technician include desktop support, windows xp and asset management. The most important skills for a set up technician are hand tools, CNC, and safety procedures.

Pc deployment technician vs set up technician overview

	PC Deployment Technician	Set Up Technician
Yearly salary	$46,198	$36,486
Hourly rate	$22.21	$17.54
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	68,614	53,072
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 50%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Pc deployment technician vs set up technician salary

Pc deployment technicians and set up technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	PC Deployment Technician	Set Up Technician
Average salary	$46,198	$36,486
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $62,000	Between $28,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	-	Manchester, NH
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Zoetis
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between pc deployment technician and set up technician education

There are a few differences between a pc deployment technician and a set up technician in terms of educational background:

	PC Deployment Technician	Set Up Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 50%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Business
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	-

Pc deployment technician vs set up technician demographics

Here are the differences between pc deployment technicians' and set up technicians' demographics:

	PC Deployment Technician	Set Up Technician
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 91.9% Female, 8.1%	Male, 90.1% Female, 9.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.9% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% Asian, 10.9% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 8.9% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between pc deployment technician and set up technician duties and responsibilities

Pc deployment technician example responsibilities.

Manage a team of 8 to 15 technicians on conversion day; troubleshoot hardware and software issues.
Used SCCM to perform the imaging process and distribution of applications to workstations.
Have a good understanding of TCP/IP.
Verify PCs are returned with appropriate components.
Repair PCs, programme databases and maintain those databases.
Perform software upgrades, patch management, and remote assistance through Microsoft SCCM.

Set up technician example responsibilities.

Manage daily scheduling of production workload to be setup and run on machinery.
Follow OSHA, ISO, and FDA requirement and standards
Core team member in SPC and QSI introductions.
Set up machine and facilities for UV screen coating.
Maintain running UV press, flip paper, unload orders.
Set up and maintain extrusion equipment to run at maximum efficiency.

Pc deployment technician vs set up technician skills

Common pc deployment technician skills

Desktop Support, 12%
Windows XP, 8%
Asset Management, 8%
Remedy, 7%
New PC, 6%
Troubleshoot, 4%

Common set up technician skills

Hand Tools, 8%
CNC, 6%
Safety Procedures, 5%
Quality Standards, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 5%
Math, 4%

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