It all comes down to the techs knowledge on the system, I know some tech that only know how to design and are completely useless on the entering and scanning side of the system and also how to edit the materials or create them if needed. Yes tech support is there but not really for the stupid easy stuff. You going to pay salary or piece work? Do they have to run a mill and cam software as well? Coloring of ZR and fitting as well? There are a lot of things you need to know before hiring a schmuck of the street that talks the talk but can even walk, LOL.
Start at 25k-35k scan/design ONLY average design of 30-40 units a day. Depends on the tech skill level. But they run the department and when a issue arises they know how to fix it and must be great with computers.
I myself setup our entire Cad/Cam department, 1 scan/design station 2014 3shape and 1 scan/design station 2015 3shape with separate Design only station, 2 Cam stations each with a mill, wired them all on the same network with a switch and custom made Cat 5e cables, Setup both 2014 and 2015 material files, setup the databases to be different from each other but use the same dongle, setup all the libraries and implants, setup bot the mills and made all the air line and hardware install. Know how to fix the mills when they go down, know all the work arounds for 3shape and tricks to makes stuff it wasn't meant to make. Know how to design in SolidWorks (external cad software) made custom attachments and so on. I am able to figure workarounds out on the fly and very quickly, Also do the coloring of all the ZR, know how to fit, Design custom abutments, sintering techniques on large span bridges and I know a lot about implants systems and what parts to use when. Know how to handle large complex cases from model room to the end. Very hard to find people that are capable of all this and have a little bit of common sense.
I think I get paid under what my knowledge is worth but now a days people really don't pay for that cause they are too cheap.
