Splicing technician vs telephone technician

The differences between splicing technicians and telephone technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a telephone technician has an average salary of $45,477, which is higher than the $42,815 average annual salary of a splicing technician.

The top three skills for a splicing technician include hand tools, OSP and OSHA. The most important skills for a telephone technician are fiber optic, phone system, and PBX.

Splicing technician vs telephone technician overview

	Splicing Technician	Telephone Technician
Yearly salary	$42,815	$45,477
Hourly rate	$20.58	$21.86
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	40,752	45,522
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	Associate Degree, 36%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Splicing technician vs telephone technician salary

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

	Splicing Technician	Telephone Technician
Average salary	$42,815	$45,477
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $55,000	Between $34,000 And $59,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between splicing technician and telephone technician education

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

	Splicing Technician	Telephone Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	Associate Degree, 36%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon

Splicing technician vs telephone technician demographics

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

	Splicing Technician	Telephone Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 95.0% Female, 5.0%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
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, 11.5% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 6.4% White, 57.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between splicing technician and telephone 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.

Telephone technician example responsibilities.

Implement and manage UHF radio base stations, repeaters, and command network, effectively linking all regional headquarters.
Pull CAT5 cable from workstations to closets, and connect to patch panels.
Install and terminate CAT5, CAT6 and multi-pair cabling in businesses for new or retrofit data network.
Set up MDF s and IDF's to include racks and trays, terminate both copper and fiber.
Install equipment racks, ladder racks, cable management systems along with the electronic data switches and associate hardware.
Install trunks lines, T1's switches (small and large).

Splicing technician vs telephone technician skills

Common splicing technician skills

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

Common telephone technician skills

Fiber Optic, 10%
Phone System, 9%
PBX, 7%
System Installation, 5%
Telephone Lines, 5%
Avaya, 4%

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