Pc deployment technician vs student technician

The differences between pc deployment technicians and student 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 student technician. Additionally, a pc deployment technician has an average salary of $46,198, which is higher than the $28,926 average annual salary of a student technician.

The top three skills for a pc deployment technician include desktop support, windows xp and asset management. The most important skills for a student technician are java, javascript, and SQL.

Pc deployment technician vs student technician overview

	PC Deployment Technician	Student Technician
Yearly salary	$46,198	$28,926
Hourly rate	$22.21	$13.91
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	68,614	82,671
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Pc deployment technician vs student technician salary

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

	PC Deployment Technician	Student Technician
Average salary	$46,198	$28,926
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $62,000	Between $16,000 And $50,000
Highest paying City	-	Lakewood, NJ
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	Siemens
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between pc deployment technician and student technician education

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

	PC Deployment Technician	Student Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Computer Science
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Duke University

Pc deployment technician vs student technician demographics

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

	PC Deployment Technician	Student Technician
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 91.9% Female, 8.1%	Male, 60.7% Female, 39.3%
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, 10.9% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.2% Asian, 14.4% White, 53.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between pc deployment technician and student 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.

Student technician example responsibilities.

Set up and manage all Linux labs campus-wide.
Manage encryption key using common asymmetric algorithms and distribute mechanism.
Set up IP's & DNS for machines.
Update department websites using HTML.
Create and maintain databases for various customers with SQL.
Support with setting up PowerPoint presentations and video conferences.

Pc deployment technician vs student technician skills

Common pc deployment technician skills

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

Common student technician skills

Java, 9%
JavaScript, 8%
SQL, 8%
GPA, 8%
CSS, 8%
Android, 7%

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