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The Mechanical Technician enhances the performance of mechanical products, machinery and equipment. Their role is to assist mechanical engineers in the design and development of mechanical products by analyzing performance results, optimizing machines, and maintaining mechanical equipment and machinery. Their responsibilities are to check equipment and operating systems, maintain mechanical operations, standards and controls, resolve motor, pump, conveyor and hydraulic problems, comply with company safety guidelines, repair and perform preventive maintenance, use hand tools like power tools and rigging equipment, weld using a cutting torch, handle simple and complex heavy industrial equipm...

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Avg Pay: $54K
Jobs: 2,037
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Education you need to become a Mechanical Technician

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  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Industrial Design
    The number of occurrences matches with Mechanical Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:49 monthsAvg. Fees:$31,382Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in Science
    The number of occurrences matches with Mechanical Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:24 monthsAvg. Fees:$11,470Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in General Studies
    The number of occurrences matches with Mechanical Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:45 monthsAvg. Fees:$23,007Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in Art
    The number of occurrences matches with Mechanical Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:24 monthsAvg. Fees:$16,864Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Physics Education
    The number of occurrences matches with Mechanical Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$28,739Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Electrical Engineering - Communications and Signal Processing
    The number of occurrences matches with Mechanical Technician in our database.
    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$32,173Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Mechanical Technician and Other Important Info

See how many years Mechanical Technician's are in their job, how much they make, how long it took to get there and how available this job is in terms of open positions.

5.1 years
$54K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
4.99 years
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The average number of roles it took our users to get to this one
3
414 out of 4016

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