Compare Sound Engineering Technicians & Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 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.)

Sound Engineering Technicians $76,800
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists $130,000

Similar skills & knowledge

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

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

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

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.

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

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

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.

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

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

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

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.


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.

Telecommunications Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Sound Engineering Technicians
Sound Engineering Technicians
Medium
Telecommunications Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
Very High

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

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Sound Engineering Technicians
Sound Engineering Technicians

Postsecondary certificate

Typical level Of training for Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

Licensing

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Licensing for Sound Engineering Technicians
Sound Engineering Technicians

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Sound Engineering Technicians
Sound Engineering Technicians

18 related certifications

Certification for Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists

27 related certifications

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