person assembling machinery in an industrial setting

Mechanical assemblers and inspectors

(NOC 94204)
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Career Overview

Assemblers and inspectors in this unit group work for machinery and transportation equipment manufacturers and other manufacturing companies and perform a variety of tasks.

People in this occupation:

  • Assemble a wide variety of mechanical products such as trucks, buses, snowmobiles, garden tractors, automotive engines, transmissions, outboard motors, gearboxes, hydraulic pumps and sewing machines
  • Check and inspect parts and finished products to ensure quality

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Duties

Mechanical assemblers:

  • Assemble, fit and install pre-made parts to form pieces or finished products using hand and power tools
  • Position, align and adjust parts for proper fit and assembly and connect cables, tubes and wires
  • Fasten parts together using bolting and riveting equipment or other fastening and joining techniques
  • Operate or tend automated assembling equipment, such as robotics and fixed automation equipment
  • Operate small cranes to transport or position larger parts as required

Mechanical inspectors:

  • Check parts and inspect finished products for quality
  • Check mechanical parts and pieces for alignment and proper functioning
  • Test and check electrical parts and wiring for proper connections
  • Perform minor adjustments and repairs

Earnings

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Key aspects of work in this occupation:

  • Operators and inspectors in this unit group usually work in a conventional controlled environment such as an office, hospital or school
  • This work produces enough noise to cause loss of hearing
  • Work is done with equipment, machinery or power/hand tools that could cause an injury

Examples:

  • Operating metal machining tools to shape metal
  • Using hand and power tools to make wood products

Career Pathways

Career paths

  • Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience
  • With experience, machine operators may progress to inspecting and testing positions

 

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Education, Training and Skills

  • Some secondary school education is required
  • Up to two years of on-the-job training are provided
  • Experience as a mechanical assembler may be required for inspectors in this unit group

 

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