Electronics Assemblers
Job description
These individuals assemble electronic equipment, parts, and components. They work in manufacturing facilities.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Electricity
Main tasks
- Solder and assemble various electronic components on circuits.
- Assemble, solder, and clean microcircuits.
- Install, assemble, secure, align, and adjust components, wiring, and clamps.
- Replace defective parts.
- Repair and refurbish older devices.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience and additional training lead to senior or supervisory positions.
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
DVS in montage de câbles et de circuits
Placement rate: 80.3%
10% of graduates pursue further studies
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- 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
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- 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.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers (CNP 94201)
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: January 29, 2026