Splicing technician vs central office technician

The differences between splicing technicians and central office technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a splicing technician has an average salary of $42,815, which is higher than the $39,043 average annual salary of a central office technician.

The top three skills for a splicing technician include hand tools, OSP and OSHA. The most important skills for a central office technician are fiber optic cables, switches, and T1.

Splicing technician vs central office technician overview

	Splicing Technician	Central Office Technician
Yearly salary	$42,815	$39,043
Hourly rate	$20.58	$18.77
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	40,752	79,138
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	Associate Degree, 41%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Splicing technician vs central office technician salary

Splicing technicians and central office technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Splicing Technician	Central Office Technician
Average salary	$42,815	$39,043
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $55,000	Between $24,000 And $63,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between splicing technician and central office technician education

There are a few differences between a splicing technician and a central office technician in terms of educational background:

	Splicing Technician	Central Office Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	Associate Degree, 41%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Splicing technician vs central office technician demographics

Here are the differences between splicing technicians' and central office technicians' demographics:

	Splicing Technician	Central Office Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 95.0% Female, 5.0%	Male, 79.5% Female, 20.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 6.3% White, 60.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% Asian, 7.3% White, 58.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between splicing technician and central office technician duties and responsibilities

Splicing technician example responsibilities.

Manage main distribution frame (mdf) and record keeping.
Install, repair, maintain and provision high speed data lines including T1, ISDN , 64K lines.
Install and extend Cat3, Cat5e, and Cat6 for T1 circuits.
Install, connect, rearrange, repair, and maintain CAT3 and CAT5.
Install, provision, test and maintain pair gain digital electronics systems for the DSL network.
Install residential and business DSL lines, including modem configuration, inside wiring and telephone jack work.

Central office technician example responsibilities.

Manage assigned Ericsson AXE patch upgrades and retrofits for all AXE sites.
Assist in managing CDMA network, Voice/EVDO circuit's layouts, CDM circuit inventory and roll over's for cell sites.
Install all Nortel DMS series equipment.
Operate power-meters, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, and various RF test equipment.
Install and troubleshoot telecommunications circuits and devices including legacy, asynchronous, SONET, and Ethernet equipment.
Associate duties include running cable, lacing, stitching, wire wrapping, mounting bays, etc.

Splicing technician vs central office technician skills

Common splicing technician skills

Hand Tools, 26%
OSP, 10%
OSHA, 9%
Test Results, 9%
Cable Lines, 7%
Fiber Optic Cables, 6%

Common central office technician skills

Fiber Optic Cables, 8%
Switches, 7%
T1, 5%
Provisioning, 5%
DS3, 4%
IP, 4%

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