- Based on 30 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Maintenance Technician in their career, on average, they have 4.00 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.2 years on average and earn $64K per year on average in this less senior role.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Maintenance Technician are Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Coordinator and Equipment Maintenance Technician. Maintenance Technician, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Maintenance Technician is from the same job family, Maintenance - General, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Equipment Maintenance Technician, also being a common career path from Senior Maintenance Technician.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Maintenance Technician are Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Supervisor based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Maintenance Technician, the most common step before Senior Maintenance Technician, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Maintenance Technician is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Maintenance Technician that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Maintenance Technician career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Senior Maintenance Technician so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Maintenance Technician is from the same job family, Maintenance - General as Senior Maintenance Technician, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Maintenance Mechanic also leading to Senior Maintenance Technician.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Maintenance Technician are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Physics Education, Bachelor Degree In High School Education, and Associate Degree In Computer Applications. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Maintenance Technician being the most common role to and from Senior Maintenance Technician. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Senior Maintenance Technician is part of the Maintenance - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (38) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Senior Maintenance Technician are Maintenance Technician Ii.