Powder coater vs carbon setter

The differences between powder coaters and carbon setters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a powder coater and a carbon setter. Additionally, a powder coater has an average salary of $34,122, which is higher than the $32,138 average annual salary of a carbon setter.

The top three skills for a powder coater include safety procedures, aluminum and assembly line. The most important skills for a carbon setter are pot room, anode, and bobcat.

Powder coater vs carbon setter overview

	Powder Coater	Carbon Setter
Yearly salary	$34,122	$32,138
Hourly rate	$16.40	$15.45
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	480	1,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 63%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Powder coater vs carbon setter salary

Powder coaters and carbon setters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Powder Coater	Carbon Setter
Average salary	$34,122	$32,138
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $41,000	Between $21,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	Everett, WA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Applied Materials	-
Best paying industry	Automotive	-

Differences between powder coater and carbon setter education

There are a few differences between a powder coater and a carbon setter in terms of educational background:

	Powder Coater	Carbon Setter
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 63%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Powder coater vs carbon setter demographics

Here are the differences between powder coaters' and carbon setters' demographics:

	Powder Coater	Carbon Setter
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 89.7% Female, 10.3%	Male, 96.6% Female, 3.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 3.7% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.7% Unknown, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Asian, 2.6% White, 71.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between powder coater and carbon setter duties and responsibilities

Powder coater example responsibilities.

Operate diamond turning lathe machines making IR optical lenses.
Load seed into dryers for coating, arrange and coat seed.
Perform quality tests to assure products meet the specifications regulate by ISO.
Select the correct powder and coats to industry, company and customer standards.
Programme and setup IR optical jobs carefully following blueprint guidelines to engineer's standards.
Follow all GMP regulations and standard operating procedures need to clean and operate equipment.

Carbon setter example responsibilities.

Use of hand tongs to pull out large pieces of carbon that fall inside the hole.
Remove and reset carbon into the smelting pots.
Replace carbon in pots, clean bath chunks off line, roll bridges and do bath taps.
Pull old anode carbon blocks and set new ones in pots, operate heavy equipment, keep room clean.
Install lava rock to create walls around residence, run a cement mixer and pick lava rock from the lava fields.
Major duties include the set-up and operation of numerically control Uvatronics and horizontal CNC lathes.

Powder coater vs carbon setter skills

Common powder coater skills

Safety Procedures, 17%
Aluminum, 13%
Assembly Line, 10%
Visual Inspections, 6%
Coats, 5%
Detect Defects, 4%

Common carbon setter skills

Pot Room, 67%
Anode, 27%
Bobcat, 7%

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