Ventilator vs smt operator

The differences between ventilators and smt operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a ventilator has an average salary of $61,321, which is higher than the $33,647 average annual salary of an smt operator.

The top three skills for a ventilator include respiratory care, patients and pediatrics. The most important skills for an smt operator are hand tools, PCB, and reflow oven.

Ventilator vs smt operator overview

	Ventilator	SMT Operator
Yearly salary	$61,321	$33,647
Hourly rate	$29.48	$16.18
Growth rate	14%	2%
Number of jobs	19,348	54,826
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 56%	Associate Degree, 32%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Ventilator vs smt operator salary

Ventilators and smt operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Ventilator	SMT Operator
Average salary	$61,321	$33,647
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $111,000	Between $25,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Monterey, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Sanmina
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between ventilator and smt operator education

There are a few differences between a ventilator and an smt operator in terms of educational background:

	Ventilator	SMT Operator
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 56%	Associate Degree, 32%
Most common major	Medical Technician	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Duke University	-

Ventilator vs smt operator demographics

Here are the differences between ventilators' and smt operators' demographics:

	Ventilator	SMT Operator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 35.7% Female, 64.3%	Male, 71.0% Female, 29.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.4% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.6% Asian, 8.3% White, 57.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 11.8% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 7.7% White, 54.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between ventilator and smt operator duties and responsibilities

Ventilator example responsibilities.

Manage artificial airways, mechanically ventilate patients, pulmonary rehab patients and perform CPR in code situations.
Provide emergency care, including artificial respiration and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Perform ABG's and maintain the IRMA ABG machine.
Care, suctioning, bronchial hygiene therapy and nebulizer treatment.
Experience in ABG sampling including radial, brachial, and femoral sites.
General patient care, initiate and maintain intravenous therapy, and operate 12-lead EKG.

Smt operator example responsibilities.

Lead pace lines in packaging OEM products.
Comply with company's standards of ESD, IPC-A-610, work instructions and ISO procedures and policies.
Hand assemble and run diagnostic tests on various electronic components.
Follow practices to ensure AIB, ISO standards are being meet and excel.
Replace damage, missing, misplace and wrong used/mount resistors and capacitors and other different components.
Mount components such as transformers, resistors, capacitors, integrate circuits and sockets on panel or print circuit board.

Ventilator vs smt operator skills

Common ventilator skills

Respiratory Care, 12%
Patients, 12%
Pediatrics, 11%
BLS, 6%
EKG, 5%
Critical Care, 5%

Common smt operator skills

Hand Tools, 8%
PCB, 6%
Reflow Oven, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
IPC-A-610, 5%
Circuit Board Assemblies, 4%