Technician's helper vs book shelver

The differences between technician's helpers and book shelvers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a technician's helper and a book shelver. Additionally, a book shelver has an average salary of $43,471, which is higher than the $36,448 average annual salary of a technician's helper.

The top three skills for a technician's helper include customer service, HVAC and safety regulations. The most important skills for a book shelver are dewey decimal system, library materials, and front desk.

Technician's helper vs book shelver overview

	Technician's Helper	Book Shelver
Yearly salary	$36,448	$43,471
Hourly rate	$17.52	$20.90
Growth rate	-4%	-4%
Number of jobs	81,564	186
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	12	12

Technician's helper vs book shelver salary

Technician's helpers and book shelvers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Technician's Helper	Book Shelver
Average salary	$36,448	$43,471
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $58,000	Between $21,000 And $88,000
Highest paying City	Merced, CA	-
Highest paying state	Delaware	-
Best paying company	PNM Resources	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between technician's helper and book shelver education

There are a few differences between a technician's helper and a book shelver in terms of educational background:

	Technician's Helper	Book Shelver
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Automotive Technology	General Studies
Most common college	Stanford University	Washington Adventist Hospital

Technician's helper vs book shelver demographics

Here are the differences between technician's helpers' and book shelvers' demographics:

	Technician's Helper	Book Shelver
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%	Male, 44.4% Female, 55.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Asian, 5.0% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 7.9% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between technician's helper and book shelver duties and responsibilities

Technician's helper example responsibilities.

Install, manage, and troubleshoot CAT3, CAT5, CAT6, and fiber optic infrastructures throughout the greater Tulsa area.
Network and telephone cabling CAT3, CAT5, CAT5E, CAT6 and custom wiring for various vendor supply equipment.
Install furnaces, condensers, water heaters, duct work, gas lines, line sets.
Skil in small brazing and soldering.
Work with various aspects of welding and brazing.
Install and maintain digital/analog broadband services, ranging from DS0 to OC-N levels to copper and optical facilities for large-scale clients.

Book shelver example responsibilities.

Repair books (binding, covers etc ...) before send out.
Provide cataloging services, including indexing, assigning metadata, classification and subject heading application using the standard thesaurus of terms.
Provide cataloging services, including indexing, assigning metadata, classification and subject heading application using the standard thesaurus of terms.

Technician's helper vs book shelver skills

Common technician's helper skills

Customer Service, 56%
HVAC, 8%
Safety Regulations, 6%
Facilitate Repair, 4%
Routine Maintenance, 4%
Hand Tools, 3%

Common book shelver skills

Dewey Decimal System, 37%
Library Materials, 35%
Front Desk, 28%

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