Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Overview

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers has a national median salary of $45,850 per year, with +5% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Assemble or modify electrical or electronic equipment, such as computers, test equipment telemetering systems, electric motors, and batteries.

Work Values

• Support
• Relationships
• Independence

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Inspect or test wiring installations, assemblies, or circuits for resistance factors or for operation, and record results.
• Assemble electrical or electronic systems or support structures and install components, units, subassemblies, wiring, or assembly casings, using rivets, bolts, soldering or micro-welding equipment.
• Explain assembly procedures or techniques to other workers.
• Complete, review, or maintain production, time, or component waste reports.
• Confer with supervisors or engineers to plan or review work activities or to resolve production problems.

Work Activities

• Getting Information
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Processing Information
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Detailed Work Activities

• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished an associate's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Associate's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a high school diploma or equivalent.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers:

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