Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
(NOC 94201)
Career Overview
Electronic assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers in this unit group work for electronics manufacturing plants and perform a variety of tasks.
People in this occupation:
- Assemble and construct electronic equipment, parts and components
- Inspect and test electronic parts and components to ensure they meet certain standards
Job Titles
Aligner - electronic equipment manufacturing
Aluminizing equipment operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Antenna-tuner inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Assembly inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Assembly tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Automatic component-assembly-machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Automatic wire-wrapping machine tender - electronic equipment manufacturing
Avionics assembler
Avionics equipment assembler
Backplane and frame wiring operator
Base-filling machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Bench assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Bench worker - electronic equipment manufacturing
Board laboratory operator
Capacitor assembler
Capacitor inspector
Capacitor-treating tank operator
Cathode coater - electronic equipment manufacturing
Cathode-ray-tube-processing equipment setter
Chassis assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Chassis installer - electronic equipment manufacturing
Choke winder - electronic equipment manufacturing
Circuit board assembler
Coil assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Coil inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Coil-winding machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Colour picture tube assembler
Communications equipment assembler
Compact disc player assembler
Compact disc player inspector and tester
Component inserting machine operator
Component inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Components assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Condenser winder - electronic equipment manufacturing
Cone assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Console assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Conveyor line worker - electronic equipment manufacturing
Crystal calibrator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Crystal-dicing saw operator
Crystal final tester
Crystal final tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Crystal finisher - electronic equipment manufacturing
Crystal frequency measurer - electronic equipment manufacturing
Crystal grower
Crystal inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Crystal lapper
Crystal unit assembler
Die attacher - electronic equipment manufacturing
Diffusion furnace operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Dip-soldering machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Duplicating machine assembler
Electrical wire group assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Electronic business machine assembler
Electronic cash register assembler
Electronic component assembler
Electronic component cleaner
Electronic component insertion colour coder
Electronic components tester
Electronic component tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Electronic control assembler
Electronic control operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Electronic equipment assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Electronic equipment inspector
Electronic equipment subassembler
Electronic instrument maker
Electronic keyboard assembler
Electronic office machines assembler
Electronic organ assembler
Electronic peripheral equipment assembler
Electronic products mounter - electronic equipment manufacturing
Electronics assembler
Electronics equipment assembler
Electronics inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Electronics-manufacturing process inspector
Electronics manufacturing shop worker
Electronics tester
Electronic unit inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Electron tube assembler
Electron tube inspector and tester
Electron tube stem assembly inspector
Exhaust and sealing machine operator
Exhaust equipment setter - electronic equipment manufacturing
Filament stem inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Filament tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Filament-winding machine adjuster
Filter assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Final-assembly tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Finished product inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Fluorescent screen former
Funnel coater - electronic equipment manufacturing
General assembler and light machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Geophysical instrument assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Grid gauger - electronic equipment manufacturing
Grid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Grid operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Harness and cable fabricator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Hearing aid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Hybrid circuit assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Hybrid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Impregnator and dryer - electronic equipment manufacturing
In-circuit test operator
Inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Inspector - printed circuit board fabrication
Installer - electronic equipment manufacturing
Integrated circuit assembler
Laser assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Laser-trimmer operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Magnetometer assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Manufacturing operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Mica capacitor assembler
Microcircuit assembler
Microelectronic circuit fabricator
Mobile transceiver inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Mounter - electronic equipment manufacturing
Mount operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Nautical instrument maker - electronic equipment manufacturing
Navigation aid inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Nucleonics instrument assembler
Office machine assembler
Pacemaker assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Parts and assemblies typewriter inspector
Parts tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Photoresist printer - electronic equipment manufacturing
Pick and place machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Picture tube assembler
Picture tube assembly screen aluminizer
Picture tube screen aluminizer
Picture tube tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Precision instrument assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Printed circuit board (PCB) assembler
Printed circuit board (PCB) assembly inspector
Printed circuit board (PCB) assembly machine operator
Printed circuit board (PCB) assembly machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Printed circuit board (PCB) etcher
Printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication inspector
Printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication machine operator
Printed circuit board (PCB) in-circuit machine and repairing machine operator
Printed circuit board (PCB) in-circuit test machine and repair operator
Printed circuit board (PCB) inspector
Printed circuit board (PCB) inspector and tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Process inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Process technician - electronic equipment manufacturing
Process tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Production operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Production tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Quartz crystal etcher and plater - electronic equipment manufacturing
Radar-indicator inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Radar-receiver assembler
Radiation-detector assembler
Radio assembler and installer
Resistor assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Resistor machine feeder
Resistor-processing equipment operator
Salvage operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Semiconductor assembler
Semiconductor calibrator
Semiconductor material gauger - electronic equipment manufacturing
Semiconductor mounter
Silicon wafer fabricator
Silicon wafer grower
Speaker assembler
Surface mount assembler
Surface mount assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Tape cartridge and cassette assembler
Tape cartridge and cassette inspector
Telecommunications equipment assembler
Telephone assembler
Television assembler
Television assembly chief inspector
Television picture tube gun assembler
Television picture tube laminator
Television picture tube rim bander
Television picture tube tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Television receiver inspector and tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Television set inspector and tester - electronic equipment manufacturing
Television tube assembler
Tension meter assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Test and trim operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Testing machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Through-hole assembler
Through-hole assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Transistor assembler
Tube assembler - electronic equipment manufacturing
Tube tester
Type-bar-and-segment assembler
Typewriter aligner
Typewriter parts salvager
Utility operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Vacuum evaporation process plater - electronic equipment manufacturing
Variable capacitor tester
Variable resistor assembler
Wafer fabrication lab technician - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wafer fabrication operator
Wafer fabrication operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wafer technician - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wave soldering machine operator
Wave soldering machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wire and harness assembler
Wire bonder - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wire-cutting machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wire soldering operator
Wire wound resistor calibrator
Wire wound resistor calibrator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wire wound resistor inspector - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wire-wrapping machine operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Wiring and assembly operator
Wiring and soldering operator - electronic equipment manufacturing
Duties
Electronic Assemblers in this unit group:
- Assemble various electronic components on printed circuit boards
- Assemble small circuits requiring fine hand assembly with the use of microscopes and following cleanroom procedures
- Install, mount, fasten, align and adjust parts, components, wiring and harnesses to items using hand and small power tools
- Operate automatic and semi-automatic machines to position, solder and clean components on printed circuit boards
- Replace defective components and repair older devices
Electronic Fabricators in this unit group:
- Operate and check equipment including automatic and semi-automatic machines to make electronic components
- Solder, clean, seal and stamp components and perform other tasks as needed
- Set up equipment and follow cleanroom procedures as required
Inspectors in this unit group:
- Inspect electronic components for quality on products being assembled or fabricated
- Check final assembly for finish, labeling and packaging
- Check shape and size of items and perform electrical tests
- Identify and mark acceptable and defective items and return faulty items to production for repair
- Collect, record and review inspection results
- Investigate equipment malfunction and instruct on proper operation
Electronic testers:
- Operate various test equipment and tools to perform simple tests of electronic components, parts and systems
- Set up and operate automatic testing equipment to locate circuit and wiring problems, shorts and component defects
- Compare test results to specifications and set parts or products aside for repair
- Replace components or parts as needed
- May conduct life tests on items
- Maintain test result reports
Earnings
Earnings is income that workers receive in exchange for their labour. Depending on the type of employment, earnings can be in the form of wages (hourly), salaries (fixed monthly or annual) or self-employed earnings.
Work Environment
# Workers Employed
1,235% Employed Full Time
64%
Source: 2021 Census
Key aspects of work in this occupation:
- Assemblers and inspectors in this unit group usually work in a conventional controlled environment such as an office, hospital or school
- Work may be performed with equipment, machinery or power/hand tools that could cause an injury
- Workers are exposed to electrical circuitry, high-tension wires, transformers or other equipment that may be a source of electrical shock
Examples:
- Installing or repairing electrical wiring, motors and generators
- Maintaining underground power transmission and distribution systems
- Operating semi-automatic electric arc welding equipment
- Repairing industrial electrical control systems and devices
Career Pathways
Progression from electronics assembler or component fabricator to electronics inspector or tester is possible with additional training and experience.
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Occupational Interests
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Education, Training and Skills
- Completion of secondary school is usually required for electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
- On-the-job training is usually provided for occupations in this unit group
- A two-year apprenticeship and voluntary trade certification is available for electronics assemblers in Saskatchewan
- Electronics testers may require post-secondary courses in basic electronic theory, testing techniques and testing equipment
- Electronics inspectors and testers may require experience as an electronics assembler or component fabricator
Education programs in B.C.
The following program areas are related to this occupation:
- Academic/Basic Upgrading
Find out more information about programs offered specifically for this career.
Skills
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Here, you will find the 10 most relevant workplace skills. Some are more important to achieving success in a certain career than others. These skills may come naturally to you or you may need to gain them through education, training and experience.
See the list of work-related skills below, ranked in order of importance for this career. Check out the list and see if this career matches your skills—take that first step!
Quality Control Analysis
Conducting tests and inspections of products, services or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Operations Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials or other indicators to make sure that a machine is working properly.
Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Monitoring
Keeping track of and assessing your performance, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Speaking
Talking to others to share information effectively.
Writing
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Labour Market Statistics
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Employment
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Employment
1,235
Source: 2021 Census
Employment by Region
Cariboo
Kootenay
Mainland/Southwest
North Coast and Nechako
Northeast
Thompson-Okanagan
Vancouver Island/Coast
| Region | Employment | % Employment of this Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| Cariboo | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kootenay | 0 | 0.0% |
| Mainland/Southwest | 975 | 78.9% |
| North Coast and Nechako | 10 | 0.8% |
| Northeast | 0 | 0.0% |
| Thompson-Okanagan | 110 | 8.9% |
| Vancouver Island/Coast | 135 | 10.9% |
Source: 2021 Census
Labour Market Outlook
The B.C. Labour Market Outlook is a 10-year forecast of the expected supply and demand for labour in the province. It’s usually updated every year. The purpose is to provide British Columbians with the knowledge to make informed decisions on careers, skills training, education and hiring.
Forecasted Job Openings (2024-2034)
500
Source: B.C. Labour Market Outlook
Forecasted Job Openings
Forecasted Employment Growth Rate
Composition of Job Openings
Source: B.C. Labour Market Outlook
Job Openings by Region (2024-2034)
Cariboo
Kootenay
Mainland/Southwest
North Coast and Nechako
Northeast
Thompson-Okanagan
Vancouver Island/Coast
| Region | Job Openings | Avg. Annual Employment Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Cariboo | Not available | Not available |
| Kootenay | Not available | Not available |
| Mainland/Southwest | 470 | 1.4% |
| North Coast and Nechako | Not available | Not available |
| Northeast | Not available | Not available |
| Thompson-Okanagan | 30 | 1.6% |
| Vancouver Island/Coast | 10 | -1.3% |
Source: B.C. Labour Market Outlook
Industry Highlights
Learn about the opportunities in B.C.'s major industries, including employment trends, earning potential, locations of work and more.
Forecasted Job Openings by Industry
| Industry | Job Openings (2024-2034) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 300 |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 110 |
| Wholesale Trade | 30 |
| Construction | 20 |
| Retail Trade | 20 |
For additional industry information, visit the Industry Profiles page.
Source: B.C. Labour Market Outlook
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