Senior installer vs trainee

The differences between senior installers and trainees can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a senior installer and a trainee. Additionally, a senior installer has an average salary of $49,109, which is higher than the $39,185 average annual salary of a trainee.

The top three skills for a senior installer include hand tools, safety regulations and fiber optic. The most important skills for a trainee are customer service, CDL, and training programs.

Senior installer vs trainee overview

	Senior Installer	Trainee
Yearly salary	$49,109	$39,185
Hourly rate	$23.61	$18.84
Growth rate	10%	5%
Number of jobs	15,240	51,490
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 31%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	42	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior installer vs trainee salary

Senior installers and trainees have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Installer	Trainee
Average salary	$49,109	$39,185
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $75,000	Between $27,000 And $55,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Clifford Chance
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior installer and trainee education

There are a few differences between a senior installer and a trainee in terms of educational background:

	Senior Installer	Trainee
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 31%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Senior installer vs trainee demographics

Here are the differences between senior installers' and trainees' demographics:

	Senior Installer	Trainee
Average age	42	43
Gender ratio	Male, 93.9% Female, 6.1%	Male, 56.4% Female, 43.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.7% Asian, 10.5% White, 55.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.8% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	11%	9%

Differences between senior installer and trainee duties and responsibilities

Senior installer example responsibilities.

Manage crew working on Nortel CDMA network doing upgrades at cell site.
Install, test, and support DSL, Internet, voice, and other technologies.
Verify, organize and sort deliveries of computer and telecommunication equipment order throughout the company.
Maintain all telecommunication circuit orders and resolving any issues from hardware or remote site malfunctions.
Repair HVAC systems and restore functionality to malfunctioning systems; perform preventative maintenance and routine servicing.
Install and configure DSL equipment, VLANs, switches, SMS servers and other types of high-speed networks.

Trainee example responsibilities.

Establish and manage Microsoft SharePoint services to servers to achieve higher productivity for each project.
Design scripts to automate the build of developer, QA, and production servers.
Accomplish the experiments on PCB layout, core circuit board of hardware via PCB manufacturing.
Maintain BOM (bill of materials) and manage the team in maintaining coordination between the customer requirements.
Involve using HTML, CSS, PHP, bootstrap, and Jquery throughout the work.
Assist in the creation of a python base ArcGIS profile elevation script tool.

Senior installer vs trainee skills

Common senior installer skills

Hand Tools, 15%
Safety Regulations, 13%
Fiber Optic, 9%
Installation Process, 8%
Battery, 6%
PV, 6%

Common trainee skills

Customer Service, 22%
CDL, 9%
Training Programs, 9%
Work Ethic, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Math, 5%