- Based on 11 Jobtrees users who were a Behavior Technician in their career, on average, they have 4.24 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 2.9 years on average in this job building experience and earn $45K per year before moving on.
- 18% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Behavior Technician are Camp Counselor, Baker and Behavior Therapist. Camp Counselor, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. While Camp Counselor isn't from the Medical - Care Providers job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Behavior Technician shown by Baker also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Behavior Technician are Hostess, Quality Assurance Intern and Intern based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Hostess is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Behavior Technician that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Behavior 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 Behavior Technician so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Hostess isn't from the same job family as Behavior Technician, Medical - Care Providers, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Quality Assurance Intern also being a common career path to Behavior Technician.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Behavior Technician are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In General Studies, Associate Degree In Arts, and Bachelor Degree In Psychology. 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 Hostess being on the path to and from Behavior 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.
- Behavior Technician is part of the Medical - Care Providers job family which has a limited number of unique role types (128) 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.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Behavior Technician.