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How to become Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

$40,700 median/yr·Suits people who are strongly realistic

Median annual wage for Electrical, Electronics, and Electromechanical Assemblers (51-2020) — BLS OEWS, May 2023. This is the broader SOC group, covering more jobs than this one career.

What you would actually do

The tasks that make up the work of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers, weighted by how central each one is to the job.

  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Solder parts or workpieces.
  • Operate welding equipment.
  • Repair parts or assemblies.
  • Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
  • Assemble electrical or electronic equipment.
  • Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.

The skills that actually carry the job

Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.

  • Reading Comprehension3.3/5
  • Monitoring3.1/5
  • Operations Monitoring3.1/5
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.1/5
  • Active Listening3.0/5
  • Critical Thinking3.0/5
  • Coordination3.0/5
  • Writing2.9/5
  • Speaking2.9/5
  • Operation and Control2.9/5

Would this suit you?

Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.

  • Realistic7.0/7

    Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body

  • Conventional4.3/7

    Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately

  • Investigative3.3/7

    Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence

  • Artistic1.8/7

    Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure

  • Social1.2/7

    Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people

  • Enterprising1.0/7

    Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk

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Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.

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