Weatherization technician vs energy conservation director

The differences between weatherization technicians and energy conservation directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a weatherization technician and an energy conservation director. Additionally, an energy conservation director has an average salary of $95,144, which is higher than the $43,553 average annual salary of a weatherization technician.

The top three skills for a weatherization technician include caulking, crawl spaces and water heaters. The most important skills for an energy conservation director are conservation efforts, governmental agencies, and wildlife conservation.

Weatherization technician vs energy conservation director overview

	Weatherization Technician	Energy Conservation Director
Yearly salary	$43,553	$95,144
Hourly rate	$20.94	$45.74
Growth rate	6%	3%
Number of jobs	5,248	7,128
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	35	35
Years of experience	2	2

Weatherization technician vs energy conservation director salary

Weatherization technicians and energy conservation directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Weatherization Technician	Energy Conservation Director
Average salary	$43,553	$95,144
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $80,000	Between $48,000 And $186,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between weatherization technician and energy conservation director education

There are a few differences between a weatherization technician and an energy conservation director in terms of educational background:

	Weatherization Technician	Energy Conservation Director
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Biology
Most common college	-	-

Weatherization technician vs energy conservation director demographics

Here are the differences between weatherization technicians' and energy conservation directors' demographics:

	Weatherization Technician	Energy Conservation Director
Average age	35	35
Gender ratio	Male, 94.2% Female, 5.8%	Male, 69.5% Female, 30.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 15.2% Unknown, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 1.9% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 15.9% Unknown, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% Asian, 1.6% White, 58.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between weatherization technician and energy conservation director duties and responsibilities

Weatherization technician example responsibilities.

Manage all aspects of paperwork for each individual job per NYS code specifications; successfully complete projects with multiple deadlines.
Block and seal large gaps and holes lower CFM reduction.
Prepare and apply weather-stripping, glazing, caulking and door sweeps.
Operate industrial vehicles, tools, HVAC equipment and PC computers.
Install blown cellulose after air infiltration is taken care of and proper ventilation install.
Document all clients and retrofit measures, creating a lasting record of benefits given and money spend.

Energy conservation director example responsibilities.

Trade and manage equity and commodity derivative markets in both electronic and open outcry environments.
Develop key financial policies and procedures, including the performance and maintenance of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
Develop new trading strategies including dispersion, statistical arbitrage and futures arbitrage.
Develop volatility risk arbitrage strategy couple with a long-short strategy to generate return.
Develop pricing and transaction cost minimizing systems for inflation-link bond, emerging market bond and credit derivative trading utilizing statistical modeling.
Specialize in trading interest rate treasury products using firm's proprietary execution software.

Weatherization technician vs energy conservation director skills

Common weatherization technician skills

Caulking, 19%
Crawl Spaces, 15%
Water Heaters, 9%
HVAC, 8%
Storm Windows, 7%
Pre, 5%

Common energy conservation director skills

Conservation Efforts, 41%
Governmental Agencies, 21%
Wildlife Conservation, 20%
Hearing Conservation, 18%

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