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SOC 51-2092
Team assemblers prepare, position, fasten, connect, assemble and inspect materials and components under a fixed takt time according to drawings, processes and work orders, isolate non-conforming products to standard and record truthfully and report abnormalities. On the US side this corresponds to O*NET 51-2092.00 (Team Assemblers, Bright Outlook), usually entered with a high school or equivalent education and moderate-term on-the-job training; mainland China statistics aggregate by manufacturing industry and broad job category and do not list this occupation separately, so industry figures serve only as a comparison.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+0+25)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
In one sentence: this is a manufacturing post whose core duties are completing physical assembly according to drawings and processes, holding the process and final inspection, and recording truthfully and reporting abnormalities. Competence depends on process compliance, attention to detail, abnormality communication and safety boundaries, not personality labels.
Education and training must be checked separately: BLS lists the entry-level education for this occupation as high school or equivalent and the on-the-job training as moderate-term; O*NET lists 51-2092.00 as requiring little preparation, but posts such as precision assembly, welding and aviation assembly have separate experience and training requirements. Safety and quality requirements (machine guarding, lockout/tagout, ergonomics, inspection standards) are determined by employer procedures and customer standards, and this page provides no hiring or certification standard.
Signals for continued exploration: you can check versions and parts against drawings and work orders, are willing to keep checking during repetitive actions and to interrupt the takt time and report when something is abnormal, can accept job rotation and state unfinished items clearly in handover, and are willing to write processes, inspections and abnormalities as reviewable records.
Team assemblers (US side O*NET 51-2092.00, Team Assemblers) prepare, position, fasten, connect, assemble and inspect materials and components under a fixed takt time according to drawings, processes and work orders, isolate non-conforming products to standard and record truthfully and report abnormalities. BLS describes this occupation group as manufacturing finished products and their parts. (Original text: Assemble products, following work instructions and specifications, using handtools, power tools, and measuring instruments.) The occupation in the United States is usually entered with a high school or equivalent education and moderate-term on-the-job training; O*NET lists 51-2092.00 as requiring little preparation. Mainland China statistics aggregate by manufacturing industry sector and broad job category and do not list this occupation separately, so industry figures can only serve as a broad comparison and cannot be treated as the wage for this occupation. This page does not constitute a basis for hiring, safe operation or product acceptance decisions.
Career direction comparison
The table below compares team assemblers with five adjacent directions on the same set of dimensions: occupational direction, core work and output, key differences, and which choice each preference suits better.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team assemblers and industrial production managers | Coordinating the production plan, personnel and equipment capacity, with outputs mainly delivery plans, costs and output indicators. | Mainly organising capacity, personnel and delivery rather than directly carrying out assembly and self-check; assemblers provide on-site feedback but do not own line configuration and scheduling decisions. | If you would rather organise capacity, personnel and delivery and be responsible for the outcome, compare industrial production managers first; if you would rather complete physical work to process and hold the inspection, team assembler suits you. |
AI impact on this career
The BLS occupation group statement notes that robots and collaborative robots may reduce demand for some posts, but this cannot be used to infer that this detailed occupation is wholly substituted or that generative AI is a cause. O*NET tasks, software hiring and industry data measure different objects; this round obtained no real AI product effect, adoption rate or employment causality for 51-2092.00. The ILO introduction / extended summary is a cross-occupation exposure method and the NIST introduction is cross-industry voluntary risk background, and the full text or the mapping for this occupation was not read. AI Impact Score 25% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+0+25)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Chinese mainland salary reference
US O*NET51-2092.00 Team Assemblers; the mapping between Chinese occupational codes and actual duties was not verified this round, cannot be transferred by Chinese name, and it cannot be inferred from the unverified state that the occupational code does not contain this occupation.
The Chinese occupational correspondence is not verified: O*NET51-2092.00 cannot be transferred by Chinese name; the Chinese code must be checked against the target product, operation and duties, and it is not claimed that the Occupational Classification Code has been proved not to list this occupation.
Insufficient evidence: no national occupational monthly salary distribution corresponding exactly to team assemblers was obtained.
Insufficient evidence: no verifiable city-level occupational monthly salary data was obtained, and this page does not present a city ranking.
US wage reference
Direct answer: the published US data give an occupation group and an OEWS measure, not a precise distribution for team assemblers; what can be checked is the percentiles, median and projection figures and their respective measures and data periods.
| Wage statistical position | Annual wage reference | Conversion boundaries | How to understand this position |
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| 10th percentile | 33,280 US dollars per year (10th percentile) | 2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not this detailed occupation or an individual's take-home pay | On the 2025 combined measure the P10 annual wage is 33,280 US dollars, a statistical position rather than a promise for all new entrants or starting pay. |
| Median (50th percentile) | 44,650 US dollars per year (median) | 2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not this detailed occupation or an individual's take-home pay |
Occupational fit guide
Editorial observation question: whether drawings and processes are followed, checks maintained, communication done by procedure when abnormalities occur, and records and handover kept truthful. These task clues are not a validated occupational fit prediction tool.
You may be better suited to： You can check versions and parts against drawings and processes, keep up checks during repetitive actions, stop and report when an abnormality is found, and are willing to record and hand over truthfully; you can accept review and correction of the operation and your decisions by others.
These situations require caution： You treat roughly assembled as acceptable, skip self-check or verification steps, are unwilling to record and report abnormalities, or give way to rushing work in the face of safety and quality requirements; situations requiring caution also include being unable to withstand repetitive work and takt time pressure, or being unwilling to accept job rotation and handover.
Do an entry exercise： Write a one-page assembly plan and an inspection record using completely fictional work orders and parts: state the drawing version, operation and parameters, self-check points, non-conforming product isolation and abnormality reporting conditions; ask an experienced person to review it and record the reasons for changes. This does not constitute hiring or a safety assessment and cannot replace employer training.
Work pressure, risks and occupational boundaries
Editorial risk scenario: work order and drawing differences, unclear quality status, equipment guarding, information transfer, record differences and unclear authority; no risk ranking or accident rate for this occupation was obtained. The specific handling and recovery requirements must be checked against the actual system.
O*NET supports quality checks, work orders and drawings, equipment maintenance and reporting duties; the current US OSHA overviews support machine guarding, hazardous energy and ergonomics background and are not extrapolated to Chinese regulations. The scenarios, consequences and check suggestions are editorial summaries, and the complete content of the two historical PDFs or specific employer systems was not read.
Typical scenario：Using an outdated drawing, skipping the takt time and sequence requirements, or assembling from memory without checking the version.
Roles most affected：Fellow assemblers in the group, the team leader, quality inspectors
Entry, qualifications and career development
The US BLS larger occupation group normally enters with high school or equivalent and on-the-job training, with more training for advanced operations; the Chinese occupational mapping, national recruitment thresholds and specific operation permits were not verified this round. The following is an editorial preparation comparison, not a guarantee of hiring or a uniform promotion route.
Career outlook and transfers to related occupations
The US OEWS wage uses the combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure and the OOH employment uses the larger Assemblers and Fabricators occupation group; the NBS broad averages for manufacturing and production and manufacturing posts match the work background but are not an occupational wage. The adjacent directions below are an editorial preparation comparison, not mutual recognition, a success rate or a direct transfer permit.
United States · multiple_source
1,799,500 people
Employment size
It is the number employed in the BLS Assemblers and Fabricators occupation group, including several kinds of assembly and manufacturing posts.
Does not establish：It describes an occupation group measure, not the precise headcount of team assemblers, and cannot be used to estimate the size of a detailed occupation.
Team assemblers complete part preparation, positioning, fastening, connection and assembly to drawings, processes and work orders, self-check, mark and isolate non-conforming products to the inspection standards, and also fill in production and inspection records, take part in job rotation and report abnormalities; it is not mere repetitive action but keeping the assembly result, inspection status and records consistent with one another.
Industrial production managers organise capacity, personnel and delivery; industrial engineers and manufacturing engineers design and improve processes, fixtures and manufacturing systems; mechanical engineers are responsible for product mechanical design; electrical and electronic engineering technicians are responsible for electrical testing and commissioning; machinists are responsible for cutting and machining parts. Team assemblers complete physical assembly under an established process and hold the inspection, and on-site feedback can be raised, but design change and signing responsibility do not lie with the assembly post.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
Conditions for pausing investment first: you have not yet completed a full-process exercise from work order through assembly and inspection to abnormality reporting, or you can only rely on others to judge defects and stop the line for you; also do not treat gaming, hands-on interest or a short training certificate as proof of general assembly qualification.
One-sentence judgement: a team assembler does not simply put parts together but prepares, positions, fastens, connects, assembles and inspects materials under a fixed takt time according to drawings and processes, and is responsible for non-conforming products and abnormalities. The role links repeatable assembly tasks, on-site judgement and record responsibility into a reviewable work chain; people who only pursue speed of movement and are unwilling to record and report are not suited.
The work of team assemblers falls into four categories: assembly execution (completing part preparation, positioning, fastening, connection and assembly according to drawings, processes and work orders); process and final inspection (checking dimensions, appearance and function against inspection standards, isolating non-conforming products and recording the reason); equipment and tooling maintenance (using and daily checking tools, fixtures and equipment by procedure, stopping and reporting for repair when an abnormality is found); and records and collaboration (filling in production and inspection records, taking part in job rotation and synchronising with the team in handover and abnormality escalation). All four categories must be carried out within the employer's process, safety and quality system and leave reviewable on-site and record evidence.
Assembly execution and inspection
Safety, quality and records
Team assemblers complete physical assembly under an established process and hold the inspection; industrial production managers configure capacity, personnel and delivery; industrial engineers and manufacturing engineers design and improve processes, fixtures and manufacturing systems; mechanical engineers are responsible for product mechanical design; electrical and electronic engineering technicians are responsible for electrical testing and commissioning. On-site feedback can be raised, but design change and signing responsibility do not lie with the assembly post.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | Completing qualified physical assembly under the established takt time and process so that quantity, status, inspection results and records are consistent with one another. | Reviewable deliverables |
| Main objects and basis | The objects are parts and materials, drawings and work orders, fixtures and tooling, gauges and inspection standards, and production and quality records; the basis is the employer's process documents, safety procedures and quality system. | Task objects |
| Core process | Receive the work order and drawings → prepare and position → assemble and fasten → in-process and final inspection → record, mark and hand over. | Typical flow |
| Main outputs | Qualified assembly results, complete inspection and production records, correct isolation and marking of non-conforming products, and traceable abnormality escalation records. | Acceptable outputs |
| Responsible party | Assembly execution and self-check are borne by the assembler; inspection decisions and release are the responsibility of authorised personnel under the employer's quality system; process, design and equipment repair are the responsibility of the corresponding engineering or maintenance posts. | Responsible party |
| Authority and approval | BLS lists the entry-level education as high school or equivalent and the on-the-job training as moderate-term; O*NET lists 51-2092.00 as requiring little preparation. Advanced assembly, welding or precision assembly posts have separate experience, training or certification requirements set by the employer, and this page does not provide the standard content. | Education and training |
| Conclusion boundaries | Education, on-the-job training, internal certification and post authorisation are different states: a short course cannot automatically create post authorisation, and a certificate cannot replace on-site ability and safety responsibility. | Not interchangeable |
Work orders and drawings｜O*NET lists checking work orders and drawings to ensure specifications are met; the specific version and material checking rules should be confirmed with the employer.
Team rotation｜Rotation follows the production flow; not every assembler permanently performs only one action, and the specific operation and equipment vary with the product.
Assembly and connection｜The BLS occupation group uses tools and machines to assemble; deburring, press fitting, riveting and torque control are examples of specific operations and cannot be treated as uniform tasks for everyone in this occupation.
Quality checks｜O*NET lists checks of product and part quality; the specific inspection decision, marking and isolation and release authority must be checked against the employer's quality system.
Records and collaboration｜O*NET lists production reports and communicating team output to management; the record items and correction rules must be checked against the actual system, and full traceability is not guaranteed.
Management and mentoring｜O*NET includes work allocation and training supervision tasks and also team leaders working within the team; it cannot be asserted that this occupation has no management duty at all or that everyone has one.
At least six items must be verified before starting: the occupational measure and post entity (O*NET 51-2092.00 is the US measure, and in mainland China the post must be identified as which kind of assembly in manufacturing); education and training requirements (set by the employer and industry); safety and operating procedures (machine guarding, lockout/tagout, ergonomics and hazardous materials); quality and inspection standards (customer and employer standards); record and traceability requirements; and the pay and working hours structure (piece rates, shifts and overtime rules).
Occupational measure
Education and training
| Team assemblers and industrial engineers |
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| Designing process flows, workstation layout and standard work hours, with outputs mainly process documents, capacity analysis and improvement plans. |
| Designing and improving processes, workstations and work hours, with the main output being process plans and standards; assemblers execute the established process and provide feedback. |
| If you would rather analyse and improve processes, workstations and work hours, compare industrial engineers first; if you would rather execute steadily under an established process, team assembler suits you. |
| Team assemblers and manufacturing engineers | Developing and validating manufacturing processes, fixtures and production lines, with outputs mainly process specifications, fixture designs and validation reports. | Responsible for manufacturing systems, fixtures and process development and for the technical solution; assemblers execute the approved plan and do not bear process development and signing responsibility. | If you would rather develop manufacturing systems and fixtures and be responsible for the technical solution, compare manufacturing engineers first; if you would rather complete assembly to the approved plan, team assembler suits you. |
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| Team assemblers and mechanical engineers | Designing the product's mechanical structure, tolerances and materials, with outputs mainly drawings, technical specifications and design validation. | Responsible for the mechanical design and calculations of the product; assemblers assemble to the drawing and do not modify the design or tolerances. | If you would rather do mechanical design and calculations and be responsible for the design, compare mechanical engineers first; if you would rather build the product to the drawing, team assembler suits you. |
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| Team assemblers and electrical and electronic engineering technicians | Building and commissioning electrical systems, carrying out tests and recording data, with outputs mainly test reports and fault diagnosis conclusions. | Responsible for electrical testing, commissioning and fault diagnosis and for the test conclusions; assemblers complete electrical connections and visual checks to process and do not bear test release. | If you would rather do electrical testing and fault diagnosis, compare electrical and electronic engineering technicians first; if you would rather complete assembly and self-check to process, team assembler suits you. |
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| Team assemblers and machinists | Operating machine tools to machine metal parts to drawing, with outputs mainly qualified parts and machining parameter records. | Centred on cutting and machining parts, requiring machine tool and machining process skills; assemblers are centred on assembly and connection and usually do not carry out part machining. | If you would rather operate machine tools to machine parts, compare machinists first; if you would rather assemble parts into a complete product and hold the inspection, team assembler suits you. |
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All six directions are premised on completing work within the employer's process, safety and quality system, but their core outputs, skills and responsibility boundaries differ; the same assembly experience cannot be converted directly into the design, testing or machining qualification of another direction, and this page only compares the duty differences under the public measure.
Conclusion: the basis for choosing a direction is the main output, the required skills and the authorisation chain, not how similar the occupational titles sound; once the direction is decided, verify the education, training, qualification and safety requirements of the target direction item by item.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
The editorial trial candidates are fictional documents, records and summaries; image pre-screening, measurement, status monitoring and scheduling require verification against the actual system, and the AI capability or effect for this occupation was not verified.
It depends on the employer's process and quality system, equipment and data interface conditions, and staff training and review arrangements; this page does not speculate on adoption progress and has no adoption rate statistics for this occupation.
Task exposure, actual adoption, productivity and employment are different measurement objects; BLS still projects 1% growth for this occupation group in 2025—2035, and this page does not equate the degree of task automation with a change in job numbers.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work order check and preparation | Check the version, material and quantity against the drawings and process, and confirm that tools and equipment are serviceable. | Editorial trial to consider: document search and version comparison can be tool candidate directions, and the specific product capability, applicability and effects were not verified. Version confirmation, change and approval responsibility must be checked against the actual system and post division of labour, and tool output does not by itself create authorisation. | Judging whether the drawing and process versions are consistent and whether the material and parts match. |
| Preparation and positioning | The BLS occupation group includes positioning components; part preparation, deburring and fixture positioning are examples of operations and their applicability must be checked against the post. | Visual or positioning prompts are candidates to be validated; the system effect for this occupation was not verified and they cannot replace actual operation confirmation. | The preparation and positioning requirements of a specific operation are checked separately, and deburring is not treated as a common task for all team assemblers. |
| Assembly and fastening | The larger BLS occupation group uses tools or machines to connect components; torque, press fitting and riveting are examples of operations, not uniform tasks or parameters for this detailed occupation. | Tool records or prompts for a specific tool must be checked against the model and validated; product capability was not read this round and automatic detection of out-of-tolerance conditions cannot be guaranteed. | Fastening, press fitting or connection methods vary with the product, and the actual process parameters and authority are checked separately. |
| In-process and final inspection | Check according to the post quality requirements; status marking, isolation and final handling must be checked against the actual system, and not all assemblers are treated as final inspection release personnel. | Imaging and measurement assistance are candidates to be validated, and the actual miss and false rates and release authority are checked separately; O*NET tasks do not prove AI effects. | O*NET has quality check tasks but does not uniformly prescribe final release or non-conforming product approval authority. |
| Equipment and tooling maintenance | Tool and equipment use and maintenance follow your own training and duties; where US hazardous energy control applies it is carried out by the corresponding authorised personnel, and no qualification is obtained by studying this page. | Status reminders are candidates to be validated and do not prove equipment monitoring is correct or safe; the specific stop and resume procedures are checked separately. | Equipment maintenance is listed as a group task and does not mean all assemblers have repair authority; abnormality handling is checked against the actual system. |
| Records and collaboration | Filling in production and inspection records, taking part in job rotation and synchronising abnormalities and unfinished items. | Editorial trial candidate: summarising fictional production records, checking omissions and misstatements; the real system effect and record system are checked separately. | Check whether the records match reality; keeping records does not guarantee full traceability, and the formal retention requirements are checked separately. |
| Job rotation and takt time | Rotate posts according to the line arrangement and hand over clearly when changing post. | Scheduling and takt time prompts are candidates to be validated and do not prove actual system effects; rotation and management duties are checked against the post. | O*NET includes rotation, work allocation and mentoring duties, and there may be a team leader within the team; the specific division of labour varies with the post. |
The five evidence cards each explain the source, the object of study, the conclusion and the limits of use; they support official duties, task measures, industry distribution and technology signals, and are not automation substitution rates or job number forecasts.
The table below contains editorial trial candidates and responsibility questions to check; the strength of automation impact across the three directions or real deployment effects were not measured.
AI primarily changesEditorial trial candidate: searching and comparing versions of fictional work orders and text, and summarising; the accuracy of scheduling, takt time or specific process software was not verified.
Human responsibility remainsEditorial check suggestion: look back at the fictional original values and document versions; the actual dimension decision, release and line stopping responsibility are checked against the post and cannot be authorised by tool output.
AI primarily changesEditorial trial candidate: summarising fictional inspection records; automatic pre-screening by imaging and measurement requires separate verification of the actual equipment, miss and false rates, and cannot be treated as proven capability.
Human responsibility remainsEditorial suggestion: check the consistency of the fictional records; the real sampling standards and release authority are checked against the quality system, and this page does not assign quality approval to all assemblers.
AI primarily changesEditorial trial candidate: organising fictional check text; automatic status collection, maintenance window prediction or safety effects were not verified.
Human responsibility remainsUS hazardous energy control distinguishes authorised personnel from affected personnel; the assembly post itself does not create repair or lockout/tagout authority. The specific duties, training and procedures are checked separately.
The five steps below are editorial trial check suggestions, not an employer mandatory procedure or complete safety system already obtained.
First confirm this assembly task, the process document version, the quality and safety requirements, and your own post authorisation scope.
Editorial suggestion: start with fictional text drafts and version organisation, check the actual error first and do not handle real production instructions or equipment control.
Editorial suggestion: check the fictional original values and output differences and keep the to-check status; physical acceptance, sampling and miss and false handling are checked separately against the actual system.
Editorial suggestion: keep the fictional original input, versions and corrections and check whether they can be looked up again; the formal production record rules are checked separately, and full traceability is not guaranteed.
Editorial boundary: a tool trial does not create quality approval, line stopping or repair authority; the specific management and team division of labour must be checked against the post, and O*NET includes team leaders working within the team.
Treating a tool prompt or image pre-screening result directly as a pass conclusion lets unchecked judgements enter the release step.
Control: Mark the tool output as a draft and adopt it only after checking it item by item against the physical item and the inspection standards.
Editorial risk scenario: if drawings or production data contain protected information, transfer without permission may have commercial or security consequences; a uniform confidentiality level for all material is not inferred.
Control: Handle according to the employer's confidentiality and data rules and do not provide identifiable drawings, customer or production data to unauthorised channels.
Assembly parameters and inspection records need to be reviewable, and output without version and source notes will be hard to trace.
Control: Keep the original records and versions, noting dates and the traces of human edits.
Editorial risk scenario: differences in dimension, material or connection parameters for a specific operation may affect quality and safety; the specific critical items are checked against the approved process, and uniform parameters for all posts are not inferred.
Control: Editorial suggestion: check the fictional records against the scenario; the real process and measurement requirements are checked against the actual training and procedures, and parameters are not adjusted from this page.
Quality and safety responsibility must be attributable.
Control: State the executor and the authorisation level in the record, and report safety or quality abnormalities by procedure.
First complete a full-process exercise from reading drawings and assembling to self-check and abnormality reporting using completely fictional work orders and parts, and only then discuss certificates and equipment; at the same time check the process, safety and quality standards of the target industry, and do not treat gaming or hands-on interest as evidence of post ability.
Editorial trial suggestion: use fictional work orders and two versions of text to trial search, version differences and summarisation, checking tool misstatements and omissions first; imaging, measurement or kanban product effects were not verified. The specific division of inspection, release and line stopping must be checked against the post.
Editorial suggestion: first check the permitted use, material authority, original values and the human review division of labour; records do not guarantee full traceability. The actual equipment and quality procedures are checked separately, and tool output does not create operating authority.
Editorial learning suggestion: check drawing reading, measurement and quality training against the target operation; in the United States, hazardous energy control assigns different training to authorised and affected personnel, so not all assemblers are treated as lockout/tagout executors.
This round obtained no evidence of wholesale substitution of this detailed occupation or a disappearance year. The BLS occupation group discusses robot efficiency and reduced demand in some areas, which does not equal generative AI adoption rates; it cannot be guaranteed that certain on-site tasks will never be automated.
Source: O*NET occupation summary / detailed profileOriginal source ↗
The O*NET/BLS material read this round has no uniform programming admission requirement, so it is not inferred that all posts require no programming; the target operation, system and training conditions are checked separately.
Source: O*NET technology list / training and education informationOriginal source ↗
Editorial trial candidate: differences and summarisation of fictional text work orders, production or inspection records; imaging measurement or scheduling effects were not verified.
Source: Editorial trial suggestion; O*NET tasks do not prove tool capabilityOriginal source ↗
The BLS 2025—2035 projection for Assemblers and Fabricators is 1% growth and about 177,500 openings per year on average; that measure is an occupation group and cannot be taken directly as the job change for team assemblers.
Source: BLS Occupational Outlook HandbookOriginal source ↗
Tool output does not grant quality release, equipment repair or line stopping authority; the real responsibility is checked against the post and the applicable system. US lockout/tagout requires distinguishing authorised personnel, and execution authority cannot be inferred from being an assembler.
Source: Post check suggestion / US hazardous energy control backgroundOriginal source ↗
This round obtained no disappearance year for this detailed occupation; no disappearance year prediction is made, and exposure, actual adoption and employment change are kept separate.
Source: Method statement for this pageOriginal source ↗
Prioritise mastering drawing reading and tolerances, processes and parameters, inspection and non-conforming product handling, and machine guarding and lockout/tagout, and complete on-the-job training and assessment; tool capability comes after reviewable on-site ability. The specific requirements follow employer and industry rules.
Source: O*NET training and education informationOriginal source ↗
The content above distinguishes automation capability, actual deployment and employment outcomes; moving to the next section you can view the statistical scope and gap statement for the mainland China salary reference.
Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no verifiable monthly salary data for the same occupation in other cities.
Scenario comparison requires the industry, post, operation, region and pay measure to be consistent; an industry proxy cannot replace the written pay conditions.
| Education background | Preparation directions to check | Explanation and check suggestions |
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| High school or secondary vocational education (mainly on-the-job training) | Editorial exploration direction: production line assembly, assembly work or inspection in manufacturing; no national Chinese education-based employment distribution or uniform recruitment threshold was verified. | Mainly on-the-job training; the operation, equipment and safety procedures must be checked, and the post title alone is not enough. |
| Secondary specialised school or college (mechanical, electrical or a related major) | Editorial exploration direction: precision assembly, commissioning or quality inspection; the specific training, admission and post responsibility are checked separately. | Whether the course content corresponds to the post operation must be checked; a qualification does not equal post authorisation. |
| Skill grade, specialist training and applicable work permits (checked separately) | Editorial check suggestion: the training, skill evidence and applicable permits for specific operations such as welding or electrical work must be confirmed separately. | Skill evidence does not automatically equal a special operation permit; this round did not verify the current admission clauses, certificate scope and mutual recognition for specific operations in China. |
| In-house enterprise certification and post authorisation | Editorial exploration direction: assembly and inspection on a specific product line; confirm the internal training, post and quality authority. | Whether internal certification is recognised by other bodies must be checked item by item, and neither general authorisation nor uniform non-recognition can be inferred automatically. |
When checking a quote, first confirm the industry and operation, the pay method (hourly, piece rate or monthly salary) and the shift and overtime rules, and do not treat an industry average as an individual's take-home income or convert overseas figures into an expected yuan amount.
Manufacturing products and parts has a duty match with the broad manufacturing background; the non-private manufacturing figure of 113,594 yuan per year is not an occupational wage, and the actual enterprise industry is checked against its main activity.
In 2025 the average for non-private electricity and other sectors was 160,897 yuan per year; a match with this assembly occupation was not verified, and a specific assembly post or wage cannot be inferred from the industry name.
In 2025 construction was 92,036 yuan per year for non-private units and 66,275 yuan per year for private units; on-site installation may be a different occupation, its attribution to this occupation was not verified this round, and it is not used as a wage proxy.
This round obtained no Chinese AI wage causality data for this occupation; the statistical method cannot be used to infer from a technical idea that things will change or never change, and it must be read against the scope, population and year of the specific release.
| On the 2025 combined measure the median annual wage is 44,650 US dollars, not an independent distribution for team assemblers or an individual's take-home pay. |
| 90th percentile | 64,880 US dollars per year (90th percentile) | 2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not this detailed occupation or an individual's take-home pay | On the 2025 combined measure the P90 annual wage is 64,880 US dollars, which is not a universal level; no reason is given by skill, operation or shift, and causality cannot be inferred from a high percentile. |
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Pay · 10th percentile：33,280 US dollars per year (10th percentile) (2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not a precise distribution for team assemblers)；On the combined measure the hourly P10 is 16.00 US dollars, meaning about 10% of wages are not above this position, not a minimum wage or a new entrant's starting pay.
Pay · 25th percentile：37,380 US dollars per year (25th percentile) (2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not a precise distribution for team assemblers)；On the same measure the 25th hourly percentile is 17.97 US dollars；BLS 2025 wage percentiles shown by O*NET
Pay · median：44,650 US dollars per year (median) (2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not a precise distribution for team assemblers)；The corresponding median hourly wage is 21.47 US dollars, and the median does not equal an entry-level wage；BLS 2025 wage percentiles shown by O*NET
Pay · 75th percentile：51,200 US dollars per year (75th percentile) (2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not a precise distribution for team assemblers)；On the same measure the 75th hourly percentile is 24.61 US dollars；BLS 2025 wage percentiles shown by O*NET
Pay · 90th percentile：64,880 US dollars per year (90th percentile) (2025 OEWS combined Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure, not a precise distribution for team assemblers)；On the combined measure the hourly P90 is 31.19 US dollars； the percentile table gives no causal breakdown by skill, operation or shift.
The median is the middle position of the distribution; P10/P25 are also statistical positions, not a new entrant or entry band, and the percentile table is not divided by years of experience.
The same combined OEWS measure shows hourly and annual wages. Checking the rounded figures in the table at a 2080-hour ratio is only arithmetic and does not infer individual working hours, overtime and take-home pay, nor replace a check of the complete OEWS method.
The figures come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS, May 2025, Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators measure) and the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook (2025—2035 projection).
Editorial suggestion: check the actual pay table, region, working hours, shifts and the applicable conditions of agreements; this round obtained no causal effect of all factors on wages and does not claim that each condition necessarily affects everyone.
| Industry | Industry median wage for this occupation | How to understand this value |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no precise industry wage median for team assemblers, and a bounded read does not justify concluding that all of BLS has published nothing. | BLS notes that most assemblers work in manufacturing plants; the industry distribution does not provide industry wage levels. |
| Wholesale and retail trade | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no precise trade industry wage median for team assemblers. | The O*NET combined industry background lists wholesale under other industries and does not list retail separately; repair may also be a different occupation, so its wage or this occupation's employer attribution cannot be inferred. |
| Professional and business services | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no precise professional or business services wage median for team assemblers. | The O*NET combined industry background lists administrative and support services separately at 12%, which does not mean all professional and business services or equipment installation belong there; the wage for the same occupation in that broader industry was not verified this round. |
| Other industries | Insufficient evidence: this round obtained no precise wage median for team assemblers in other industries. | This page does not introduce unverified industry wage estimates or third-party derivations. |
The BLS occupation group statement notes that education and training vary by industry and employer and that complex assembly requires more experience and training; a starting wage point or return cannot be inferred from the training requirement.
Editorial quote suggestion: check the industry, employer, operation and contract; this round obtained no independent estimate of the effect of each condition on the wage for this occupation.
Editorial suggestion: check the shifts, additional pay, working hours and contract; it cannot be guaranteed that night shifts or overtime make take-home income higher than some nominal figure, and the actual taxes and qualification conditions are checked separately.
It is the number employed in the BLS Assemblers and Fabricators occupation group, not the precise headcount of team assemblers；BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Assemblers and Fabricators
BLS classifies it as slower than average growth； the projection covers the whole occupation group；BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Assemblers and Fabricators
It is the net increase over the projection period, not an annual openings figure, and does not constitute a personal employment guarantee；BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Assemblers and Fabricators
Which Holland type is closer to team assemblers?
The current O*NET interest code is RCE: Realistic, Conventional and Enterprising; it includes hands-on physical work, processing information by procedure, and the direction of management and collaboration within a team. A group interest profile does not equal individual competence, a hiring threshold or a fixed type.
Do not use it this way: Note: an interest test result matching the occupational interest code only indicates a close direction; it does not mean you already have the abilities needed for drawing reading, measurement, inspection and safe working.
Take my Holland career interest testWhich Big Five traits are more relevant to this job?
Editorial observation suggestion: check whether execution is steady, details are checked and communication happens; this round obtained no correlation or causal research between Big Five scores and work performance for this occupation, and O*NET work styles cannot be treated as scale validity.
Do not use it this way: Note: treating personality scores as a conclusion about ability is a common misuse; this page provides no score thresholds or list of types.
See my Big Five personality traitsCan MBTI be used to judge whether I am suited to being a team assembler?
This page obtained no occupation-specific validity of MBTI in predicting fit or performance for this occupation, so labels are not used to judge qualification; the actual hiring conditions must be checked against the post documents.
Do not use it this way: Note: this page does not list any best-suited type and does not endorse using one to screen candidates.
Learn about my MBTI preferencesCan the Enneagram tell me whether I am suited to this occupation?
This page obtained no occupation-specific validity of the Enneagram in predicting fit for this occupation, so labels are not used for a hiring conclusion; the specific recruitment system is checked separately.
Do not use it this way: Note: this page does not provide a mapping between types and posts.
Explore my Enneagram patternCan I be a team assembler if I am bad at maths?
O*NET abilities include manual dexterity, sequencing, vision and reasoning, and also list mathematical reasoning and number facility; whether higher mathematics is needed depends on the operation and training, and weak mathematics cannot be guaranteed to mean the post's abilities are present.
Do not use it this way: Note: this page does not treat any test score as an admission or elimination basis.
Learn about my intelligence and reasoning performanceDoes being a team assembler require high emotional intelligence?
Editorial observation suggestion: check whether records and communication are maintained under pressure; O*NET has a self-control work style, but it is not emotional intelligence scale validity, and this round obtained no EI threshold for this occupation.
Do not use it this way: Note: this page provides no emotional ability threshold and does not equate a high score with competence.
Learn about my emotional intelligence abilityFits better when: Willing to develop processes, fixtures and production lines and be responsible for the technical solution.
Watch for: Manufacturing engineering training and validation ability need to be added; assembly experience cannot replace responsibility for signing off process development.
Explore related career: Manufacturing engineersFits better when: Willing to analyse flows, workstations and work hours and to use data to improve efficiency and quality.
Watch for: Industrial engineering or related training needs to be added; on-site feedback does not equal a process design qualification.
Explore related career: Industrial engineersFits better when: Willing to operate machine tools to machine parts and to control dimensions and surface quality according to the machining process.
Watch for: Machining training and machine tool skills need to be added; the assembly post usually does not carry out part machining.
Explore related career: MachinistsFits better when: Willing to organise personnel, capacity and delivery and be responsible for the outcome, including scheduling and personnel arrangements.
Watch for: Management experience and production planning knowledge need to be added; assembly experience cannot directly replace capacity and personnel management responsibility.
Explore related career: Industrial production managersFits better when: Willing to do mechanical structure design and calculations and to be responsible for tolerances and design outcomes.
Watch for: Mechanical engineering training needs to be added; assembly experience cannot replace design calculation and tolerance determination.
Explore related career: Mechanical engineersFits better when: Willing to do electrical testing, commissioning and fault diagnosis and to be responsible for test conclusions.
Watch for: Electrical and electronic engineering technician training needs to be added; assembly and visual inspection are not the same as test release qualification.
Explore related career: Electrical and electronic engineering techniciansRather than a personality, it is a way of working: steady execution to drawings and sequence, keeping up checks during repetition, stopping and reporting when abnormalities occur, and being willing to record truthfully and hand over.
Team assembly has handover and abnormality communication tasks, so expression and collaboration performance can be observed; this page did not verify the occupational predictive validity of introversion or extraversion or type labels, nor their ranking against these performances.
Suitability for the post cannot be judged from introversion or extraversion alone. The summary on this page gives no qualification threshold for such labels, and the complete post conditions must still be checked with the actual employer.
This round obtained no best-suited MBTI type or occupational prediction research for this occupation; this page does not screen by type, and preference discussions must be combined with actual tasks.
The current O*NET interest code is RCE: Realistic, Conventional and Enterprising; it includes hands-on physical work, processing information by procedure, and the direction of management and collaboration within a team. A group interest profile does not equal individual competence, a hiring threshold or a fixed type.
This page obtained no occupation-specific validity of personality scales in predicting service or performance for this occupation, so scores are not used to judge qualification; the specific assessment system is checked separately.
Suitability cannot be judged from weak mathematics. O*NET includes mathematical reasoning and number facility, and the specific drawing, measurement and calculation training is checked against the target operation; a group rating is not an individual exemption.
Editorial observation suggestion: check feedback communication and record keeping under pressure; no emotional ability test validity or threshold for this occupation was obtained, and a work style cannot be equated with that scale.
This page obtained no occupation-specific validity of the Enneagram in predicting service or performance for this occupation, so labels are not used to judge qualification; it cannot be concluded from this that all employers do not use such assessments.
Judge by reviewable outputs: a fictional assembly plan containing the drawing version, operation, parameters and self-check points, an example inspection and non-conforming product handling record, and a statement of one abnormality stop and report.
Possible consequence：Can cause batch scrapping, rework and customer complaints, and even in-service product failure.
How to reduce risk：Editorial check suggestion: confirm the post's drawing version, operation and abnormality reporting requirements; the specific stop and resume procedures are checked with the employer and are not authorised by this page.
Evidence：O*NET 51-2092.00 occupation summary
Typical scenario：Continuing to assemble parts with a suspicious appearance, or failing to mark or isolate non-conforming products.
Roles most affected：Customers, downstream operations, quality team
Possible consequence：Non-conforming products entering the next operation or the customer, widening the scope of rework and recall.
How to reduce risk：Editorial suggestion: check quality checks, status marking, isolation and handling division of labour; final release or uniform non-conforming product approval authority cannot be inferred from being an assembler.
Evidence：O*NET 51-2092.00 occupation summary
Typical scenario：Removing or bypassing guards, running faulty equipment, or carrying out repair without lockout/tagout.
Roles most affected：The assembler and fellow group members
Possible consequence：Can cause crush injuries, cuts, repetitive strain injuries or other workplace injuries.
How to reduce risk：Where US general industrial maintenance applies hazardous energy rules, authorised and affected personnel are distinguished; this is checked against the actual training and procedures, and routine assembly status does not confer repair or lockout/tagout execution authority. Machine guarding abnormality handling is checked separately against the post.
Evidence：OSHA US machine guarding overview · OSHA US hazardous energy control overview · OSHA: ergonomics and work hazard control
Typical scenario：Uploading or forwarding drawings, process documents or customer information on unauthorised equipment or channels.
Roles most affected：Employer, customers and production team
Possible consequence：Can cause leakage of drawings, customer information and production data, harming business interests and compliance.
How to reduce risk：Handle according to the employer's confidentiality and data rules and do not provide identifiable drawings or production data to unauthorised channels.
Evidence：O*NET 51-2092.00 occupation summary
Typical scenario：Filling in inspection results on behalf of another person, omitting them, or changing records afterwards without a trace.
Roles most affected：Employer, customers, quality team
Possible consequence：False records may hinder quality retrospective checks and increase the difficulty of locating problems and checking accountability; whether something can be traced depends on complete evidence, and full retrospective checking of any record cannot be guaranteed.
How to reduce risk：Editorial record suggestion: keep the original values, abnormalities and correction reasons and check the actual retention requirements; full traceability or a uniform legal retention period cannot be guaranteed.
Evidence：O*NET 51-2092.00 occupation summary
Typical scenario：Changing process parameters yourself, substituting materials, or completing assembly with unapproved tools.
Roles most affected：Employer, customers, quality and process teams
Possible consequence：Can cause process loss of control and batch quality problems and undermine the attribution of authority and responsibility.
How to reduce risk：Execute according to the approved process and parameters, and raise change requests by procedure for confirmation by authorised personnel.
Evidence：O*NET 51-2092.00 occupation summary
| Post direction | Starting tasks | Employer basis | Evidence that can be submitted with zero experience | Boundaries to distinguish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing production line assembly posts | Completing routine assembly and self-check to drawings and processes under mentorship, becoming familiar with work orders, gauges and non-conforming product marking rules. | Editorial to check: check the actual post education, assembly skills and training arrangements; no representative Chinese employer distribution was obtained. | Submit a one-page assembly plan, an example self-check record and a statement of one abnormality report using completely fictional work orders and parts, without real drawings or customer data. | Inspection release and process change must be checked against the actual post authorisation; it cannot be inferred from assembly status that authority is held or uniformly absent. |
| Precision assembly and inspection posts | Completing assembly to tighter tolerances and inspection standards, using gauges correctly and recording measurement data. | Editorial to check: check tolerance measurement, specific training and skill evidence requirements; a certificate cannot uniformly be called a threshold. | Submit an example fictional assembly and inspection record containing tolerances and the measurement method. | The specific responsibilities for self-check, isolation and release must be checked against the quality system and post authorisation; authority cannot be inferred from holding a certificate. |
| Equipment commissioning and maintenance assistant posts | Completing equipment checks, tooling changes and simple fault records under the guidance of maintenance staff. | Editorial to check: check the mechanical and electrical basics and the operating and safety conditions; no uniform employer preference was verified. | Submit a fictional equipment check sheet and abnormality report record. | Repair and lockout/tagout must be carried out according to procedure and authorisation; assembly operation does not equal repair qualification. |
| Quality inspection and quality technician posts | Checking products against the sampling and inspection standards, recording data and marking and isolating non-conforming products. | Editorial to check: check the gauges, inspection records and quality system conditions; no uniform experience threshold was verified. | Submit a fictional sampling inspection plan and non-conforming product handling record. | The inspection standards and release authority are determined by the employer's quality system and cannot be judged on experience alone. |
| Team leader management and production planning posts | Coordinating personnel and operation arrangements, tracking progress and adjusting priorities when abnormalities occur. | Editorial to check: check the coordination, planning and on-site experience conditions; the specific post and authorisation are checked separately. | Submit a fictional scheduling and personnel arrangement statement. | O*NET tasks include work allocation and mentoring and also some team leaders; scheduling, staffing and adjustment responsibility must be checked against the actual post authorisation, and assembly personnel cannot be uniformly excluded. |
The current O*NET 51-2092.00 Job Zone is 1—2, little to some preparation; the specific post training and experience are checked separately and cannot be called a uniform fixed grade.
Education and training requirements vary with industry and employer, and this page provides no hiring standard.
Where repair, welding or electrical operations are involved, the jurisdiction, scope of work, actual training and permits must be checked separately; a skill certificate does not automatically equal a work permit.
Post authorisation and inspection release authority are set by the employer's quality system and are not obtained automatically by holding any certificate.
details includes attention to detail, dependability, cooperation and self-control, and also lists mathematical reasoning; the ratings set no individual hiring threshold.
The current interest code is RCE, and the group characteristics do not constitute an individual competency line.
The current software hiring signals are Excel, Office, Outlook, SAP and so on, not a dominance of hand tools or manufacturing execution systems; the specific employer software is checked separately.
All material is fictional and contains no real drawings, customer information or employer confidential material.
All material and scenarios are fictional, and real drawings, customer data or employer confidential material must not be used.
Complete within 60—90 minutes; measuring tools and instruments may be used, but no real equipment or products.
In the record write the parameters, inspection results and judgements separately, and mark the parts requiring review.
Record observation, parameters and judgement separately, and mark anything uncertain as requiring review.
Afterwards ask an experienced person to review the operation and the decisions, and keep the reasons for changes.
Real drawings, customer data or employer confidential material must not be used in the exercise.
The exercise does not replace the employer's process, quality and safety training and does not constitute post authorisation.
Note the source and data period for each item; leave items that cannot be verified blank and marked as insufficient evidence rather than filling them in by guesswork.
List education, on-the-job training, in-house certification, special operation certificates and post authorisation separately to avoid conflating them.
Keep the review comments and the reasons for changes together as evidence of whether you can accept review of the operation.
Give the review to an experienced person for checking and keep the review comments and reasons for changes as reviewable evidence.
Archiving production images and analysis data requires prior authorisation, and the access scope, retention period and destruction arrangements must be recorded.
| Stage | Possible form of assessment | Observable evidence | Boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before applying | Check the post operation, drawing and process requirements, shifts and safety procedures, and prepare fictional assembly and self-check samples. | A requirements checklist with sources and data periods; able to explain clearly how the post differs from adjacent posts. | Do not treat hands-on interest or a short course certificate as proof of post ability. |
| During the interview | Scenario question: what to do when a drawing version is inconsistent or a part dimension is out of tolerance. | Able to explain the stop, isolation and reporting process first and then discuss the rework plan; able to state your own uncertainty clearly. |
Output: a one-page glossary table noting the source for each item.
Output: an operation and self-check point list.
Output: a gauge use and out-of-tolerance handling note.
Output: an example assembly and inspection record.
Output: two abnormality report records.
| Qualification / certificate | Suitable for | Role in the post | Whether it is a universal threshold | Conditions | Investment | Boundary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High school or equivalent (United States) | People planning to enter a US assembly post | Usually a common requirement for entry-level posts. | A common education background in the occupation group, not a hard threshold for every employer | The specific post conditions are checked separately | The personal education investment was not verified this round | A qualification by itself does not equal post authorisation or inspection release authority. |
Typical scope：Taking on routine operation execution and self-check and reporting abnormalities.
Readiness evidence：Completing operations within the specified time and producing basic records.
Credential boundary：High school or equivalent and on-the-job training.
Next moves：Becoming familiar with drawings, processes and the work order flow under mentorship.
Typical scope：Taking on multi-station rotation and recording truthfully.
Readiness evidence：Continuously completing assembly and inspection records in repetitive operations.
Credential boundary：Completing on-the-job training and passing the operation assessment.
Next moves：Moving to more complex operations or multi-station rotation.
Typical scope：Precision operations and the quality direction are editorial exploration; non-conforming product handling responsibility must be checked against the specific post training and authorisation.
Readiness evidence：A complete inspection record containing tolerances and self-check points.
Credential boundary：Mastering precision gauges and inspection of critical characteristics.
Next moves：Moving to precision assembly or the quality direction.
Typical scope：A quality technician direction preparation example; the actual inspection and release division of labour is checked against the post system.
Readiness evidence：Records of participation in quality and process improvement.
Credential boundary：Having operation and quality system training.
Next moves：Moving to a quality release or process support post.
Typical scope：Self-checking to the inspection standards and isolating non-conforming products.
Readiness evidence：An example gauge use and measurement record.
Credential boundary：Relevant training or a skill grade certificate.
Next moves：Using gauges and recording measurement data under mentorship.
Typical scope：Taking on routine inspection and non-conforming product handling records.
Readiness evidence：Consistently stable inspection and isolation records.
Credential boundary：Mastering the sampling and inspection standards.
Next moves：Widening the sampling scope and product types.
Typical scope：Following up corrective action by procedure and recording the verification.
Readiness evidence：A corrective action and verification record.
Credential boundary：Attending quality system and problem analysis training.
Next moves：Taking part in non-conforming product analysis and corrective action.
Typical scope：Equipment maintenance assistant duties must be checked against the actual training and authorisation; they are not automatically obtained from the assembly post, nor is independent work uniformly excluded.
Readiness evidence：An example auxiliary operation and record.
Credential boundary：Confirming the training and safety requirements of the target direction.
Next moves：Taking on auxiliary operations under mentorship.
Typical scope：Completing maintenance work according to procedure and authorisation.
Readiness evidence：An example check and fault record.
Credential boundary：Completing the training or certification of the target direction.
Next moves：Maintenance is a different duty direction, and even simple faults require checking your own qualification and the equipment procedure; completion of a course does not imply independent repair.
Typical scope：Taking on the corresponding technical work and being accepted according to the system.
An example machining or process support record.
Able to complete routine assembly and self-check to drawings and processes under mentorship, record truthfully to the template and identify abnormalities that need reporting.
Editorial development example: with training in the target operation, independent routine tasks can be discussed; quality handling, line stopping and resumption authority are checked against the actual system, and no fixed promotion order is provided.
Able to take on precision or complex operations, take part in process improvement feedback, mentor new staff and be responsible for records and safety procedures.
Those entering team leader or process, quality and equipment directions take on scheduling coordination, process support or quality release duties (which require the corresponding training and authorisation).
United States · multiple_source
1% growth (net increase of about 16,700 jobs)
Growth rate and average annual openings
BLS classifies it as slower than average growth; a net increase of about 16,700 jobs and about 177,500 openings per year on average.
Does not establish：The recruitment sample and the projection cannot be read together as a personal employment guarantee, nor used to derive an exact growth rate for team assemblers.
Mainland China · industry_proxy
Insufficient evidence: no national wage or employment distribution for this occupation was obtained
Industry sector average wage (comparison measure)
The National Bureau of Statistics aggregates by industry sector and broad job category: manufacturing 113,594 yuan per year (non-private) and 76,055 yuan per year (private); production, manufacturing and related personnel in above-scale enterprises 80,739 yuan per year.
Does not establish：This measure mixes several kinds of posts and cannot serve as the occupational wage or employment size for team assemblers.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is operation knowledge, on-site feedback and collaboration experience. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Production planning and personnel management experience needs to be added; assembly execution experience cannot replace capacity and delivery responsibility.
View career profileTransfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is understanding of the operation and improvement awareness. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Industrial engineering or process improvement training needs to be added; on-site feedback does not equal a process design qualification.
View career profileTransfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is understanding of process documents and on-site experience. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Editorial preparation difference: the manufacturing engineer direction involves manufacturing systems and process design, engineering analysis and improvement plans, and requires checking engineering knowledge, design analysis ability and the actual education and experience conditions item by item. Assembly experience does not equal an engineer qualification or an automatic transfer; this is not a wage statement.
View career profileTransfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is drawing reading and structural understanding. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Mechanical design training needs to be added; assembly experience cannot replace design calculation and tolerance determination.
View career profileTransfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is on-site experience of wiring and commissioning. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Electrical and electronic testing training needs to be added; assembly and visual inspection are not the same as test release.
View career profileTransfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is equipment check and fault record experience. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Mechanical or electrical maintenance training needs to be added; assembly operation does not equal repair qualification.
View career profileTransfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is drawing reading and operational safety awareness. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Editorial preparation comparison: the welding and cutting direction requires checking the specific process training, equipment and material requirements; whether a work permit or certificate is needed must be checked against the actual jurisdiction and operation, and it cannot be uniformly stated that all posts require a certificate.
View career profileTransfers：Editorial preparation discussion: what can transfer is production line experience and collaboration and communication ability. Course mutual recognition, permits and transfer effects were not obtained.
Build next：Production planning and team management training needs to be added.
View career profileLook at observable behaviour: whether you execute steadily to drawings and sequence, keep up checks during repetitive actions, stop and report when an abnormality is found, and record truthfully and hand over. O*NET lists the interest code for this occupation as R (Realistic), but a matching interest only indicates a close direction and cannot replace drawing reading, measurement and inspection ability.
Steps that may be assisted: organising digital work orders and process documents, recording and pre-screening imaging and measurement data, summarising production and inspection data, and scheduling and takt time prompts. But drawing-based assembly, on-site dimensional and appearance decisions, non-conforming product handling, equipment checks and line stopping reporting responsibility remain with people; the degree of task automation and the number of jobs are different questions.
Drawing and process version confirmation, incoming material and part checking, dimensional and appearance decisions, non-conforming product isolation and release, equipment status and safety judgement, and abnormality stop and reporting decisions. These steps are borne by assemblers and authorised posts according to the employer's process, safety and quality system, and tool output must be checked by a person and cannot be a basis for release.
US side: BLS lists the entry-level education as high school or equivalent with moderate-term on-the-job training; O*NET lists it as requiring little preparation; precision assembly, welding and electrical work have separate training or certificate requirements. Mainland China side: mainly on-the-job training and skill grade certificates, and special operations require a certificate according to the competent department's requirements. The specific standards are set by the employer and industry, and this page does not provide the standard content.
Four types of risk need to be judged in advance: wrong drawing version and sequence, non-conforming products not isolated, violations of equipment and safety rules (machine guarding, lockout/tagout), and leakage of drawings and production data together with false records. The control method is to verify by procedure, stop and report and record truthfully, and safety and inspection steps must not be skipped in order to rush the job.
BLS projects 1% growth for the Assemblers and Fabricators occupation group in 2025—2035 and about 177,500 openings per year on average, mostly from replacing retirees or people changing occupation; that measure is an occupation group. Directions one can transfer to include industrial production managers, industrial engineers, manufacturing engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical and electronic engineering technicians, industrial machinery mechanics, welding and cutting personnel and production and operations first-line supervisors, but the training, qualification and responsibility boundaries of each direction differ.
Because the wage percentile measure shown by O*NET is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (May 2025 OEWS) while the employment and projection measure in the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook is the Assemblers and Fabricators occupation group; the two have different coverage and data periods, cannot be mixed, and cannot be extrapolated to wages in mainland China.
Common misconceptions include: that hands-on interest or a short course certificate is enough to obtain post authorisation (in fact employer training and assessment are required); that assembly is only repetitive action and needs no judgement (in fact drawing reading, measurement, inspection and abnormality reporting are needed); that one can move between industries by job title (in fact the process, equipment and safety requirements differ greatly by industry); and that automation has already wholly replaced this occupation (in fact the official projection is 1% growth for 2025—2035, and task automation does not equal the disappearance of jobs).
FermatMind career content editorial team: compiled from public material of O*NET, BLS, OSHA and the National Bureau of Statistics of mainland China, with the measure, data period and limits of use noted for each item.
Checked 2026-10-09 this round; O*NET2026 updated, wages are 2025 OEWS, software hiring 2025, employment projection 2025—2035, NBS data 2025 published 2026-05-15. The current access date differs from the data year; documents not re-read historically retain their original dates and do not inherit the current verification tag.
This round actually read the O*NET summary/details, wages, software hiring, industry page and 9 adjacent definitions; the BLS occupation group corresponding tasks/environment/training/Pay/projection; the three current relevant OSHA overviews and the hazardous energy applicable training clauses; and the NBS release including tables and method. The ILO introduction and NIST introduction use same-day originals from this window as background, and the full text or the mapping for this occupation was not read. The custom/certification/training entries and the two historical OSHA PDFs were not fully output and read, and are not falsely claimed to have been verified.
Limitations：US occupational classification, which does not directly prove a Chinese post identity or hiring.
Limitations：The task list describes group work and does not mean every post carries out all tasks.
Limitations：It is an occupation group measure, not the precise employment or projection for team assemblers.
Limitations：The measure is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, not a precise distribution for team assemblers.
Limitations：Aggregated by industry sector and broad job category and cannot be taken as the wage for this occupation.
Limitations：It defines the pre-tax total wage bill measure, which does not equal take-home income.
Limitations：A historical OSHA guidance PDF whose complete content was not read this round; the current relevant overviews are registered separately and apply to the United States without implying Chinese regulations.
Limitations：A historical OSHA guidance PDF whose complete content was not read this round; the current relevant overviews are registered separately and apply to the United States without implying Chinese regulations.
Limitations：Used to explain the risk control direction for repetitive action and manual handling.
Limitations：Software hiring mention proportions, not hand tools, adoption rates or AI effects.
Limitations：A combined occupation industry background, not a precise industry wage or employment for Team Assemblers.
Limitations：Certification is not the same as post authorisation or a statutory qualification. This round obtained no complete report, course or certificate output from this entry and does not falsely claim to have re-verified it this round.
Limitations：Editorial team compilation and measure check record. This round obtained no complete report, course or certificate output from this entry and does not falsely claim to have re-verified it this round.
Limitations：Does not constitute hiring or authorisation. This round obtained no complete report, course or certificate output from this entry and does not falsely claim to have re-verified it this round.
Limitations：The official profile provides only occupational identity and the duty description. This round obtained no complete report, course or certificate output from this entry and does not falsely claim to have re-verified it this round.
Limitations：Used to check the original official duty text.
Limitations：The work context fields are respondent proportions and cannot be used to infer individual post conditions.
Limitations：The task list describes group work.
Limitations：Hourly percentiles on the same measure, which cannot be converted into an individual's income.
Limitations：Education and training requirements vary with industry and employer.
Limitations：Used for the work activity measure.
Limitations：The statistical scope excludes self-employed individuals and freelancers.
Limitations：Used to confirm field completeness.
Limitations：National percentiles on the combined OEWS measure.
Limitations：An occupation group measure work environment and employment statement.
Limitations：Cross-occupation task exposure method background only, not research on adoption, wage and employment causality or personal authority for this occupation.
Limitations：A cross-industry organisational risk reference that provides no authorisation, technical capability, actual adoption or causal effect for this occupation.
Limitations：US general safety background; the applicability to maintenance and the authorised/affected personnel distinction are checked separately and do not prove Chinese rules or a specific employer's complete procedures.
Limitations：US general safety background; the applicability to maintenance and the authorised/affected personnel distinction are checked separately and do not prove Chinese rules or a specific employer's complete procedures.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
Limitations：An adjacent duty comparison that cannot prove admission mutual recognition, transfer distance or outcome.
This page distinguishes the O*NET combined wage and industry background, the larger BLS occupation group and the broad Chinese averages for manufacturing and production and manufacturing posts. Still missing are the precise Chinese mapping wage, specific employer authority and permits, AI capability adoption causality, personality validity and transfer mutual recognition. This round froze the shared definition 18, fact_register, exercises and out-of-scope body text, recorded the mismatched sources and attribution conflicts, and did not sign off the whole page or formal acceptance.
Big Five (English) · MBTI (English) · Enneagram (Chinese) · IQ (Chinese)
Safety and procedures
Quality and inspection
Records and traceability
Pay and working hours
Before using a tool for records and pre-screening, the data authority, version and human review arrangements must be confirmed.
| Probation period | Completing routine operation assembly and self-check under mentorship and accepting review of records and non-conforming product handling. | Parameters and inspection results are recorded truthfully; non-conforming products are correctly marked and isolated; abnormalities have a stop and report record. | Do not handle release decisions beyond your authorised scope independently and do not change process parameters yourself. |
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| 90 days after starting | Check as planned whether the training and post authorisation are in place, and assess quality, safety and collaboration performance. | Able to complete routine operations independently and report by procedure when something is abnormal; the quality record is consistently stable. | Authorisation and responsibility must be confirmed in writing and cannot be replaced by oral promises. |
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Output: review comments and a revision note.
Output: a one-page decision note with an evidence list.
| Moderate-term on-the-job training | New employees already in post | Whether training allows independent work must be checked against the specific operation and authorisation | A BLS larger occupation group overview | Arranged and assessed by the employer. | The fees and working hours arrangements were not verified this round, and no guarantee of no extra tuition is given | The training content and assessment standards are set by the employer, and this page does not provide the content. |
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| Skill evidence and applicable work permits (checked separately) | Those intending to carry out specific welding, electrical and other operations | Check the capability evidence and the applicable work admission separately | The specific jurisdiction and operation clauses were not verified, and this cannot uniformly be called a hard requirement | Check the competent system, certificate scope and post conditions | Training and examination costs vary by trade. | A certificate covers only its scope of work and does not equal general assembly authorisation. |
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| In-house enterprise certification | Posts under a specific product line or customer standard | Used to confirm the work qualification within that employer's process system. | Not a universal threshold. | The employer's process and quality training must be passed. | The training time is arranged by the enterprise. | Recognition and authorisation by other bodies must be checked item by item and cannot automatically be inferred to be general |
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| Quality inspection training | Those moving into inspection or quality technician posts | Helps with taking on sampling inspection and recording work. | Whether it is a threshold must be checked against the actual post, operation and quality system, and no uniform requirement was verified on this page | It must be combined with the quality system and gauge training. | Training and on-the-job practice time. | The inspection standards and release authority are determined by the employer's quality system. |
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| Safety management training (such as lockout/tagout) | Personnel exposed to equipment repair and hazardous operations | Used to meet operational safety requirements. | Required when the relevant work is involved. | Must be completed according to regulations and employer procedures. | Refresher training is checked against the trigger conditions and the actual system, not a uniform fixed cycle | Training does not equal obtaining post authorisation for equipment repair. |
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Typical scope：Supporting the system and audits according to the quality system.
Readiness evidence：Internal audit or system improvement records.
Credential boundary：Having quality system and audit training.
Next moves：Moving towards a quality engineer role.
Credential boundary：Having machining or engineering training.
Next moves：Moving to a machining, process or engineering support post.
Typical scope：Production first-line supervisors coordinate and supervise production personnel and exclude team leaders; being a team leader in this occupation does not mean an automatic transfer to that supervisor role, and the duties and admission are checked separately.
Readiness evidence：An example scheduling and personnel arrangement note.
Credential boundary：Having management and planning training.
Next moves：Moving to team management or production planning.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
