Quality assurance representative vs representative

The differences between quality assurance representatives and representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a quality assurance representative, becoming a representative takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a quality assurance representative has an average salary of $43,867, which is higher than the $36,023 average annual salary of a representative.

The top three skills for a quality assurance representative include maintenance procedures, patients and safety procedures. The most important skills for a representative are cleanliness, patients, and customer issues.

Quality assurance representative vs representative overview

	Quality Assurance Representative	Representative
Yearly salary	$43,867	$36,023
Hourly rate	$21.09	$17.32
Growth rate	3%	-4%
Number of jobs	69,120	252,761
Job satisfaction	3	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	44	40
Years of experience	4	12

What does a quality assurance representative do?

Quality assurance inspectors are responsible for inspecting, testing, and sampling products, materials, or parts for any defects and deviations from company standards. They are tasks to reject any materials, equipment, and products that don't meet specifications. It is their job to discuss inspection results with personnel responsible for the products, and suggest needed corrective actions. To be qualified as a quality assurance inspector, one should have a high school diploma and a college degree, attentive to detail, and have excellent communication skills.

What does a representative do?

Representatives are lawmakers who represent the people in a specific district. They run for office to represent their districts in their hometown or their current place of living. Representatives are usually charismatic and good communicators. These characteristics are especially important during campaign and election periods. Representatives should be able to capture the hearts of the voters through their planned projects and advocacies. They are then elected by their constituents. Upon election, representatives author bills that will eventually be passed into law should it be approved by the majority of the congress. They also vote on the passage of bills authored by other representatives. They also participate in discussions and debates regarding different bills, issues, and laws. Representatives are expected to vote according to their conscience and in consideration of the voice of their constituents.

Quality assurance representative vs representative salary

Quality assurance representatives and representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Quality Assurance Representative	Representative
Average salary	$43,867	$36,023
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $79,000	Between $23,000 And $55,000
Highest paying City	Lompoc, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Washington	New York
Best paying company	Eli Lilly and Company	Google
Best paying industry	Government	Transportation

Differences between quality assurance representative and representative education

There are a few differences between a quality assurance representative and a representative in terms of educational background:

	Quality Assurance Representative	Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Quality assurance representative vs representative demographics

Here are the differences between quality assurance representatives' and representatives' demographics:

	Quality Assurance Representative	Representative
Average age	44	40
Gender ratio	Male, 60.8% Female, 39.2%	Male, 41.8% Female, 58.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.9% Asian, 7.5% White, 54.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	11%	7%

Differences between quality assurance representative and representative duties and responsibilities

Quality assurance representative example responsibilities.

Manage inventory and all QAE functions.
Lead a 20-man team of avionics technicians to troubleshoot and repair a new UHF/VHF radio system install in two mission aircraft.
Lead cross functional project team to build user-friendly windows base customer support applications which interface with the OmniPlan/OmniPlus mainframe application.
Evaluate manufacturing methodologies for GMP's; design and implement new methods to address and correct product manufacturing quality issues.
Conduct regulatory and GCP training sessions.
Maintain current knowledge of contracts, modifications, PWS and QASP and relate documents.

Representative example responsibilities.

Manage fitting rooms and recover the department, while providing exceptional customer service and offering rewards and POS options.
Manage physical portfolio with necessary derivatives to mitigate risk within company guidelines.
Conduct telephone sales and interviews, compile and enter information into database, manage documents and insure customer satisfaction.
Review EOB denials, appeals and/or rebilling as appropriate.
Certify of all requirements, policies, and procedures, including MSB.
Take inbound phone calls from member and providers explaining the EOB denial and payments

Quality assurance representative vs representative skills

Common quality assurance representative skills

Maintenance Procedures, 11%
Patients, 10%
Safety Procedures, 9%
Corrective Action, 6%
Management System, 5%
GMP, 5%

Common representative skills

Cleanliness, 20%
Patients, 11%
Customer Issues, 10%
Customer Service, 10%
Data Entry, 6%
Outbound Calls, 3%

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