Surfacing technician vs ie technician

The differences between surfacing technicians and ie technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a surfacing technician and an ie technician. Additionally, an ie technician has an average salary of $67,439, which is higher than the $37,226 average annual salary of a surfacing technician.

The top three skills for a surfacing technician include circuit board assembly, SMT and safety regulations. The most important skills for an ie technician are PLC, electrical equipment, and control systems.

Surfacing technician vs ie technician overview

	Surfacing Technician	IE Technician
Yearly salary	$37,226	$67,439
Hourly rate	$17.90	$32.42
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	39,793	28,129
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 37%	Associate Degree, 58%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	12	12

Surfacing technician vs ie technician salary

Surfacing technicians and ie technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Surfacing Technician	IE Technician
Average salary	$37,226	$67,439
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $48,000	Between $49,000 And $91,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between surfacing technician and ie technician education

There are a few differences between a surfacing technician and an ie technician in terms of educational background:

	Surfacing Technician	IE Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 37%	Associate Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering Technology
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Surfacing technician vs ie technician demographics

Here are the differences between surfacing technicians' and ie technicians' demographics:

	Surfacing Technician	IE Technician
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 75.1% Female, 24.9%	Male, 96.2% Female, 3.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between surfacing technician and ie technician duties and responsibilities

Surfacing technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage windows applications for the user, maintain servers and manage help desk operations.
Full knowledge of VCD machine, stuffing IC's into bare PC boards.
Program and operates AOI machine.
Assemble thru-hole and surface mount PC boards.
Operate under ESD guidelines and according to standard operating procedures.
Build and maintain programs for automatic inspection machines (AOI).

Ie technician example responsibilities.

Lead a team of 10 engineers to develop an infrare telescope that are launched on the NASA high-altitude balloonproject BRRISON/BOPPS.
Programme, configure, and commission a variety of EFM's, RTU's and controls equipment.
Check and calibrate, trouble shooting and repairing instrumentation and electrical equipment, PLC Allen Bradley programming, operation support.
Focus on SCADA instrumentation and electrical systems to monitor plant operations.
Perform cause and effect testing to HMI.
Used a laptop computer running Rockwell software.

Surfacing technician vs ie technician skills

Common surfacing technician skills

Circuit Board Assembly, 15%
SMT, 14%
Safety Regulations, 8%
IPC, 6%
PCB, 4%
RAN, 4%

Common ie technician skills

PLC, 9%
Electrical Equipment, 8%
Control Systems, 8%
Transmitters, 6%
Preventative Maintenance, 4%
Analyzers, 4%