Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Assemble or modify electromechanical equipment or devices, such as servomechanisms, gyros, dynamometers, magnetic drums, tape drives, brakes, control linkage, actuators, and appliances.
Most important skills
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Troubleshooting
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
Key knowledge
- Production and Processing
- Mechanical
- Computers and Electronics
- English Language
- Engineering and Technology
- Design
- Mathematics
- Public Safety and Security
What the work involves
- Inspect, test, and adjust completed units to ensure that units meet specifications, tolerances, and customer order requirements.
- Assemble parts or units, and position, align, and fasten units to assemblies, subassemblies, or frames, using hand tools and power tools.
- Position, align, and adjust parts for proper fit and assembly.
- Connect cables, tubes, and wiring, according to specifications.
- Attach name plates and mark identifying information on parts.
- Read blueprints and specifications to determine component parts and assembly sequences of electromechanical units.
- Disassemble units to replace parts or to crate them for shipping.
- Measure parts to determine tolerances, using precision measuring instruments such as micrometers, calipers, and verniers.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (52.7% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (31.2%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (30.7%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 51-2090 (aggregate); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Low | Lower on contact with others than 74% of occupations compared | 57% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very low | Lower on dealing with the public than 85% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “Not important at all” |
| Teamwork | Moderate | Lower on teamwork than 56% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 83% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Limited freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Lower on time pressure than 56% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 85% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 85% of occupations compared | 41% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 73% of occupations compared | 54% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very low
- Consequence of error: low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 27.73%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 15.19%
- Constant contact with others: 57.08%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 42.78%
- Fairly important: 18%
- Important: 8.25%
- Very important: 23.77%
- Extremely important: 7.21%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 7.08%
- Important: 11.55%
- Very important: 36.19%
- Extremely important: 45.18%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 2.36%
- Very little freedom: 10.58%
- Limited freedom: 31.85%
- Some freedom: 30.32%
- A lot of freedom: 24.89%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
Time pressure
- Never: 1.18%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 17.14%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 19.47%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 26.84%
- Every day: 35.37%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
Conflict situations
- Never: 32.66%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 32.82%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 8.82%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 25.7%
- Every day: 0%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 40.55%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 24.95%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 18.54%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 6.22%
- Every day: 9.74%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 9.21%
- Fairly serious: 53.72%
- Serious: 19.47%
- Very serious: 12.67%
- Extremely serious: 4.93%
n = 22, Incumbent 07/2017
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