Compare Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists & Computer Systems Engineers/Architects District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists $139,100
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects $128,200

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Engineering and Technology
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

Telecommunications
Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Very Low
Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Medium

Science
Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

Programming Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Low
Programming Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Medium

Programming
Writing computer programs.

Operations Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Low
Operations Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
High

Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.


Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

Licensing

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Licensing for Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists

9 related certifications

Certification for Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

49 related certifications

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