Electronics Assemblers and Testers
Job description
These individuals assemble and manufacture electronic equipment, parts, and components. They inspect them to ensure compliance with established standards. They work in electronic equipment manufacturing shops.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Electricity
Main tasks
Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Solder, assemble, and clean microcircuits and various electronic components on circuits.
- Install, assemble, secure, align, and adjust components, wiring, and clamps.
- Replace defective parts.
- Repair and refurbish older devices.
Electronics Assemblers
- Set up, operate, and monitor machines that fabricate, solder, clean, seal, and mark electronic components.
Electronics Inspectors
- Inspect electronic components and sets to verify various elements (choice and location of components, quality of wiring and soldering, continuity of circuits, etc.).
- Check final assembly for finish, labelling, and packaging methods.
- Check product dimensions and perform electrical tests.
- Locate and mark defective sets and return them to production for repair.
- Collect, record, and summarize inspection results.
- Investigate the cause of problems and provide information on the proper way components work.
Electronic Equipment Testers
- Make simple tests to check the electrical properties and continuity of electronic circuits.
- Locate faults in circuit, wiring, and parts.
- Set aside parts or products that need to be repaired or replaced.
- Carry out, as required, life tests (trial period).
- Draft reports on test results.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience and additional training lead to senior positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $17.00
- Median
- $21.50
- Maximum
- $30.50
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
6,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 46.1% Female
- 53.9% Male
Not available.
- 46.1% Female
- 53.9% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$40,400
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 334, 33547% of jobs
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NAICS 419% of jobs
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NAICS 3337% of jobs
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NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]6% of jobs
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NAICS 3394% of jobs
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Others27% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 334, 33547% of jobs
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NAICS 419% of jobs
-
NAICS 3337% of jobs
-
NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]6% of jobs
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NAICS 3394% of jobs
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Others27% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in montage de câbles et de circuits
Code : 5384
Placement rate: 80.3%
10% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Experience in soldering electronic components can be an asset.
Electronics Inspectors
- Experience as an Electronics Assembler and Electrical Component Assembler may be required.
Electronics Testers
- Basic training in electronics and testing techniques and instruments may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Quality control analysis
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Information processing
Abilities
- Near vision
- Digital dexterity
- Oral comprehension
- Manual dexterity
- Hand-arm stability
- Information organization
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Inductive reasoning
- Visualization
- Limb coordination
- Colour perception and distinction
- Control accuracy
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Rigour
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Patience
- Tolerance to routine work
Interests
- Work in computer science or information and communication technologies (ICT)
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 94201
Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
Job titles
- Electronics Assemblers
- Assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Component inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Mounter - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Manufacturing operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronic components tester
- Quartz crystal etcher and plater - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Printed circuit board (pcb) etcher
- Typewriter aligner
- Aligner - electronic equipment manufacturing
- General assembler and light machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Bench assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronic equipment assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Avionics equipment assembler
- Electronic peripheral equipment assembler
- Nucleonics instrument assembler
- Precision instrument assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Coil assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Wire and harness assembler
- Electronic cash register assembler
- Circuit board assembler
- Tape cartridge and cassette assembler
- Chassis assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Hybrid circuit assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Integrated circuit assembler
- Electronic control assembler
- Semiconductor assembler
- Electronic component assembler
- Components assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Capacitor assembler
- Mica capacitor assembler
- Cone assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Console assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Crystal unit assembler
- Radiation-detector assembler
- Electrical wire group assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Filter assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Speaker assembler
- Compact disc player assembler
- Duplicating machine assembler
- Electronic keyboard assembler
- Office machine assembler
- Electronic business machine assembler
- Telecommunications equipment assembler
- Electronics equipment assembler
- Microcircuit assembler
- Surface mount assembler
- Television picture tube gun assembler
- Radar-receiver assembler
- Resistor assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Variable resistor assembler
- Type-bar-and-segment assembler
- Pacemaker assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Telephone assembler
- Tension meter assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Transistor assembler
- Tube assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Television tube assembler
- Electron tube assembler
- Picture tube assembler
- Colour picture tube assembler
- Avionics assembler
- Electronics assembler
- Through-hole assembler
- Die attacher - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Choke winder - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Condenser winder - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Television picture tube rim bander
- Inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Assembly inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Finished product inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronic equipment inspector
- Crystal calibrator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Grid gauger - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Semiconductor material gauger - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Wire wound resistor calibrator
- Wire wound resistor calibrator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Semiconductor calibrator
- Gauger, semiconductor material - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Nautical instrument maker - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronic instrument maker
- Harness and cable fabricator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Microelectronic circuit fabricator
- Crystal grower
- Silicon wafer fabricator
- Fluorescent screen former
- Silicon wafer grower
- Crystal finisher - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronic component insertion colour coder
- Television assembly chief inspector
- Television receiver inspector and tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electron tube inspector and tester
- Inspector - printed circuit board fabrication
- Navigation aid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Hearing aid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Mobile transceiver inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Printed circuit board (pcb) assembly inspector
- Electronic unit inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Antenna-tuner inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Coil inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Filament stem inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Printed circuit board (pcb) inspector
- Hybrid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electron tube stem assembly inspector
- Capacitor inspector
- Crystal inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Grid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Process inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronics-manufacturing process inspector
- Wire wound resistor inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Printed circuit board (pcb) fabrication inspector
- Radio assembler and installer
- Installer - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Chassis installer - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Television picture tube laminator
- Crystal frequency measurer - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Geophysical instrument assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronic organ assembler
- Semiconductor mounter
- Laser assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Magnetometer assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Communications equipment assembler
- Electronic products mounter - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Television assembler
- Electronic component cleaner
- Wafer fabrication operator
- Production operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Salvage operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Backplane and frame wiring operator
- Wiring and assembly operator
- Wiring and soldering operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Wire soldering operator
- Test and trim operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- In-circuit test operator
- Resistor-processing equipment operator
- Mount operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Laser-trimmer operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Utility operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Capacitor-treating tank operator
- Coil-winding machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Pick and place machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronic control operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Diffusion furnace operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Board laboratory operator
- Machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Dip-soldering machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Wire-cutting machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Printed circuit board (pcb) fabrication machine operator
- Exhaust and sealing machine operator
- Wire-wrapping machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Component inserting machine operator
- Base-filling machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Wave soldering machine operator
- Printed circuit board (pcb) in-circuit machine and repairing-machine operator
- Automatic component-assembly-machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Printed circuit board (pcb) assembly machine operator
- Testing machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Grid operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Aluminizing equipment operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Crystal-dicing saw operator
- Picture tube assembly screen aluminizer
- Picture tube screen aluminizer
- Cathode coater - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Funnel coater - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Impregnator and dryer - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Automatic wire-wrapping machine tender - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Wire bonder - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Bench worker - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Crystal lapper
- Electronic equipment subassembler
- Conveyor line worker - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Photoresist printer - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Vacuum evaporation process plater - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Typewriter parts salvager
- Cathode-ray-tube-processing equipment setter
- Filament-winding machine adjuster
- Exhaust equipment setter - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Resistor machine feeder
- Wafer fabrication lab technician - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Wafer technician - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Process technician - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Electronics manufacturing shop worker
- Crystal final tester
- Electronics tester
- Printed circuit board (pcb) inspector and tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Compact disc player inspector and tester
- Radar-indicator inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Tape cartridge and cassette inspector
- Electronic component tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Variable capacitor tester
- Filament tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Assembly tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Final-assembly tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Production tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Parts tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Parts and assemblies typewriter inspector
- Process tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Tube tester
- Picture tube tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
- Television picture tube tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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