Printing supervisor vs welding supervisor

The differences between printing supervisors and welding supervisors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a printing supervisor and a welding supervisor. Additionally, a welding supervisor has an average salary of $55,605, which is higher than the $53,298 average annual salary of a printing supervisor.

The top three skills for a printing supervisor include customer satisfaction, profitable sales and print production. The most important skills for a welding supervisor are GMAW, blueprint specifications, and aluminum.

Printing supervisor vs welding supervisor overview

	Printing Supervisor	Welding Supervisor
Yearly salary	$53,298	$55,605
Hourly rate	$25.62	$26.73
Growth rate	-	2%
Number of jobs	25,379	27,184
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	High School Diploma, 36%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	2	2

Printing supervisor vs welding supervisor salary

Printing supervisors and welding supervisors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Printing Supervisor	Welding Supervisor
Average salary	$53,298	$55,605
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $89,000	Between $41,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	-	Fontana, CA
Highest paying state	-	Wyoming
Best paying company	-	BWX Technologies
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between printing supervisor and welding supervisor education

There are a few differences between a printing supervisor and a welding supervisor in terms of educational background:

	Printing Supervisor	Welding Supervisor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	High School Diploma, 36%
Most common major	Business	Precision Metal Working
Most common college	Stanford University	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Printing supervisor vs welding supervisor demographics

Here are the differences between printing supervisors' and welding supervisors' demographics:

	Printing Supervisor	Welding Supervisor
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 57.2% Female, 42.8%	Male, 95.0% Female, 5.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 4.7% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 5.1% White, 60.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between printing supervisor and welding supervisor duties and responsibilities

Printing supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage jobs that come through online ordering portals, troubleshoot issues that occur on ordering portals.
Manage manufacturing of CD's and DVD's (including purchasing, offset and screen printing, and packaging).
Inspect finished material for dimensional tolerances to ASTM standards including tensile and yield strengths.
Operate screen printing and embroidery machines.
Prepare screen printing stencils, mixing and loading of ink.
Supervise and run all equipment and job orders to produce a finish product.

Welding supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage what parts are run with each other and when they are run.
Manage payroll, order all safety equipment, PPE, and spare parts require to keep production rates up.
Manage weld process controls of GMAW-P, CV both robotic and semi-automatic; to include GTAW both robotic and semi-automatic.
Manage warranty repair/restoration of company valves involving strict API and ISO requirements/procedures.
Certify MIG & TIG welding on steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
Work solo and over crews SMAW, GTAW & FCAW procedures perform

Printing supervisor vs welding supervisor skills

Common printing supervisor skills

Customer Satisfaction, 60%
Profitable Sales, 20%
Print Production, 5%
Quality Standards, 1%
Performance Reviews, 1%
Xerox, 1%

Common welding supervisor skills

GMAW, 8%
Blueprint Specifications, 7%
Aluminum, 7%
AWS, 7%
Arc Welding, 6%
GTAW, 5%

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