Splicing technician vs phone technician

The differences between splicing technicians and phone 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 $42,690 average annual salary of a phone technician.

The top three skills for a splicing technician include hand tools, OSP and OSHA. The most important skills for a phone technician are customer service, cell phones, and phone system.

Splicing technician vs phone technician overview

	Splicing Technician	Phone Technician
Yearly salary	$42,815	$42,690
Hourly rate	$20.58	$20.52
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	40,752	41,324
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	High School Diploma, 35%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Splicing technician vs phone technician salary

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

	Splicing Technician	Phone Technician
Average salary	$42,815	$42,690
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $55,000	Between $31,000 And $58,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between splicing technician and phone technician education

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

	Splicing Technician	Phone Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	High School Diploma, 35%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	New York University

Splicing technician vs phone technician demographics

Here are the differences between splicing technicians' and phone technicians' demographics:

	Splicing Technician	Phone Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 95.0% Female, 5.0%	Male, 77.3% Female, 22.7%
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, 11.7% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 6.3% White, 57.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between splicing technician and phone 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.

Phone technician example responsibilities.

Manage telecommunications installation and repair for hospital Nortel network.
Repair LCD and programming on various computers
Used POS system to determine which repair needs to be start.
Coordinate the maintenance and repair of T1's and associate electronic equipment.
Resolve DXU hardware problems and BS fault alarms with Ericsson OMT software.
Activate phones, run tests on the phones, and reprogram the phones.

Splicing technician vs phone technician skills

Common splicing technician skills

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

Common phone technician skills

Customer Service, 22%
Cell Phones, 7%
Phone System, 7%
VoIP, 5%
Windows, 4%
Cellular Devices, 4%

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