Mechanical Equipment Assemblers and Inspectors
Job description
These individuals assemble and inspect mechanical products (trucks, snowmobiles, car engines, gearboxes, etc.).
Mechanical Product Assemblers carry out the assembly, positioning, and adjustment of parts.
Mechanical Product Inspectors examine subassemblies and finished products for quality and compliance to specifications.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Noise
Main tasks
Mechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Assemble prefabricated parts to form subassemblies or finished products.
- Join cables, tubes, and wires.
- Attach parts.
- Operate or monitor automatic assembly equipment (e.g. robots).
- Move and position parts.
Mechanical Equipment Inspectors
- Check compliance to quality standards of subassemblies and finished products.
- Check the alignment of mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies.
- Check and test electrical components and wiring.
- Make minor adjustments and repairs.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $19.00
- Median
- $25.32
- Maximum
- $32.69
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
2,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 13.8% Female
- 86.2% Male
Not available.
- 13.8% Female
- 86.2% 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
$49,600
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]52% of jobs
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NAICS 33313% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6233% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 493% of jobs
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NAICS 3323% of jobs
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Others26% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 336 [excluding 3364]52% of jobs
-
NAICS 33313% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6233% of jobs
-
NAICS 48, 493% of jobs
-
NAICS 3323% of jobs
-
Others26% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Also required
- A few years of secondary school education.
Sometimes required
Mechanical Equipment Inspectors
- Experience as a Mechanical Equipment Assembler may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Monitoring operations
- Quality control analysis
- Reading comprehension
- Information processing
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Hand-arm stability
- Manual dexterity
- Digital dexterity
- Near vision
- Visualization
- Limb coordination
- Static muscle power
- Information organization
- Control accuracy
- Awareness of issues
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Core strength
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Speech recognition
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Critical thinking
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Sense of observation
- Timeliness
- Knowledge of mechanics
Interests
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- 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 94204
Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
Job titles
- Automotive engine quality-control assembly inspector
- Agricultural equipment assembler
- Transmission assembly inspector
- Automotive engine assembler
- Clutch inspector
- Firearms fitter
- Bench fitter - buses and trucks
- Automotive production fitter
- Gun assembler
- Gun subassembler
- Truck body builder
- Truck trailer builder
- Mechanical assemblers lead hand
- Mechanical assembler group leader
- Bus and truck frame builder
- Engine accessories inspector
- Truck trailer final inspector
- Marine engine quality-control assembly inspector
- Agricultural equipment inspector
- Snowmobile inspector
- Snowmobile final inspector
- All-terrain vehicles inspector
- Motor vehicle clutch assembly inspector
- Truck assembly inspector
- Carburetor assembly inspector
- Agricultural equipment assembly inspector
- Food-packaging equipment assembly inspector
- Farm machinery dismantler
- Sewing machine assembly tester
- Transmission assembly tester
- Gearcase tester
- Machine try-out tester
- Tooling and metalworking machine try-out tester
- Engine dynamometer tester
- Diesel engine tester
- Snowmobile test rider
- Outboard motor prototype tester
- Gasoline pump calibrator
- Radiator maker
- Exterior trailer finisher
- Interior trailer finisher
- Railway car liner
- Steel plate caulker - shipbuilding
- Automotive engine accessories assembler
- Wheelchair lift assembler
- Bus assembler
- Clutch assembler
- Automobile gear assembler
- Light material-handling equipment assembler
- Garden machinery assembler
- Railway car assembler
- Gearbox assembler
- Gearcase assembler
- Agricultural implement gearcase assembler
- Steering box assembler
- Bus and truck floor framer
- Truck assembler
- Truck trailer assembler
- Light industrial truck assembler
- Carburetor assembler
- Trailer frame assembler
- Gas furnace assembler
- Electric furnace assembler
- Cylinder head assembler
- Differential assembler
- Vending machine assembler
- Go-kart assembler
- Sewing machine assembler
- Agricultural equipment bench assembler
- Light agricultural equipment assembler
- Light construction equipment assembler
- Mechanical assembler
- Internal combustion engine assembler
- Gasoline engine assembler
- Diesel engine assembler
- Outboard motor assembler - mechanical assembly
- Air-cooled engine assembler
- Rotary tiller assembler
- Snowmobile assembler
- Small marine engine assembler
- Water pump assembler
- Fuel pump assembler
- Hydraulic pump assembler
- Mechanical pump assembler
- Automotive radiator assembler
- Trailer assembler
- Power snowblower assembler
- Power lawn mower assembler
- Tractor assembler
- Gear train assembler
- Transmission assembler
- Hydraulic hoist assembler
- Recreation vehicle assembler
- Coach assembler - bus assembly
- Monteurs/monteuses de poids lourds, de remorques et d'autobus
- Clutch preassembler
- Railway car trimmer
- Clutch rebuilder
- Turbine assembly inspector and tester
- Outboard motor inspector and tester
- Vending machine tester
- Gasoline pump tester
- Bus parts inspector
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: January 29, 2026
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