Team Assemblers
Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team assemblers can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them, rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. May participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Includes team leaders who work as part of the team.
Most important skills
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
Key knowledge
- Production and Processing
- Mechanical
- Public Safety and Security
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Computers and Electronics
- Design
- Engineering and Technology
What the work involves
- Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
- Determine work assignments and procedures.
- Perform quality checks on products and parts.
- Shovel, sweep, or otherwise clean work areas.
- Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.
- Supervise assemblers and train employees on job procedures.
- Provide assistance in the production of wiring assemblies.
- Package finished products and prepare them for shipment.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Enterprising.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (81.5% of respondents)
- Related experience
- None (38.6%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (29.7%)
- 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 Team 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 68% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very low | Lower on dealing with the public than 93% of occupations compared | 62% of surveyed respondents chose “Not important at all” |
| Teamwork | Moderate | Lower on teamwork than 52% of occupations compared | 69% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 61% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very high | Higher on time pressure than 91% of occupations compared | 68% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 76% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 65% of occupations compared | 28% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 83% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very high
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: very 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: 0.4%
- Occasional contact with others: 18.35%
- Contact with others about half the time: 6.88%
- Contact with others most of the time: 17.9%
- Constant contact with others: 56.47%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2020
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 61.66%
- Fairly important: 13.19%
- Important: 4.42%
- Very important: 5.39%
- Extremely important: 15.34%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2020
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 3.3%
- Fairly important: 9.63%
- Important: 13.28%
- Very important: 5.16%
- Extremely important: 68.63%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2020
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0.4%
- Limited freedom: 22.96%
- Some freedom: 49.81%
- A lot of freedom: 26.83%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2020
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 5.79%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 6.59%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 19.86%
- Every day: 67.77%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2020
Conflict situations
- Never: 17%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 37.99%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 33.85%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 5.37%
- Every day: 5.79%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2020
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 28.22%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 25.92%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 20.45%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 15.97%
- Every day: 9.44%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2020
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 35.23%
- Fairly serious: 29.23%
- Serious: 16.38%
- Very serious: 11.95%
- Extremely serious: 7.22%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2020
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