Vending attendant vs certified medical technician

The differences between vending attendants and certified medical 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 vending attendant and a certified medical technician. Additionally, a certified medical technician has an average salary of $38,859, which is higher than the $28,747 average annual salary of a vending attendant.

The top three skills for a vending attendant include order forms, control inventory and AVI. The most important skills for a certified medical technician are patients, vital signs, and CPR.

Vending attendant vs certified medical technician overview

	Vending Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Yearly salary	$28,747	$38,859
Hourly rate	$13.82	$18.68
Growth rate	14%	5%
Number of jobs	45,081	164,424
Job satisfaction	3	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Average age	47	44
Years of experience	12	12

What does a vending attendant do?

Vending Attendants typically load, unload, transport, and stock vending machines with beverages and food. The attendants place items on shelves and perform necessary modifications on shelf labels. They work with customers to satisfy their stocking and placement needs as well as to answer possible questions. Part of their job is to maintain the machinery whenever necessary. Among their other duties include customer service, merchandising, cash handling, filling order forms, and stocking.

What does a certified medical technician do?

Certified Medical Technicians are specialists in medical diagnoses by performing laboratory testing and analysis for hospitals and physicians. Their duties include lab sanitization to prepare for testing and collection, recording medical samples for testing, specimen preparation, blood drawing for donation and testing, and assisting physicians with sample collection as well as equipment handling in surgical rooms. They must also understand how to use complex and sensitive testing equipment such as cell counters, analyzers, microscopes, and centrifuges.

Vending attendant vs certified medical technician salary

Vending attendants and certified medical technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Vending Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Average salary	$28,747	$38,859
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $36,000	Between $28,000 And $53,000
Highest paying City	-	Denton, TX
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Favorite Healthcare Staffing
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between vending attendant and certified medical technician education

There are a few differences between a vending attendant and a certified medical technician in terms of educational background:

	Vending Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Most common major	Business	Nursing
Most common college	-	University of Connecticut

Vending attendant vs certified medical technician demographics

Here are the differences between vending attendants' and certified medical technicians' demographics:

	Vending Attendant	Certified Medical Technician
Average age	47	44
Gender ratio	Male, 35.9% Female, 64.1%	Male, 20.4% Female, 79.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 3.0% White, 66.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.9%	Black or African American, 15.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 10.0% White, 53.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	5%	8%

Differences between vending attendant and certified medical technician duties and responsibilities

Vending attendant example responsibilities.

Operate POS cash register to manage cash, credit, and debit card transactions for sell items.
Resolve payroll issues either verbally, by email or by official correspondence.
Research eligibility of H1-B visa holders to Medicare and social security.
Calculate and process salaried and hourly payroll including vacation and bonus requests.
Keep records on individual pet, including daily observations and information activities perform, meals sever, and medication administer.
Assure compliance of all transactions with legal/regulatory requirements including Sarbanes-Oxley

Certified medical technician example responsibilities.

Maintain the cleanliness of storage areas, trays, centrifuges, refrigerators, freezers and work area.
Administer medications to patients according to their medication record as scheduled, as needed according to physician orders.
Perform laboratory test and procedures in areas including chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, coagulation, serology, and bacteriology.
Perform first aid and apply CPR when necessary.
Perform first aid or CPR during medical emergencies until paramedics arrive.
Assist the residents in their ADL needs and prepare their meals.

Vending attendant vs certified medical technician skills

Common vending attendant skills

Order Forms, 31%
Control Inventory, 29%
AVI, 22%
Food Products, 16%
Customer Complaints, 1%
Service Calls, 0%

Common certified medical technician skills

Patients, 17%
Vital Signs, 12%
CPR, 8%
Administer Medications, 7%
Resident Care, 6%
HIPAA, 6%

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