How to become an Electric Motor Maker

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 电机制造工

Also called: Motor Winder, Motor Assembler, Motor Core Stacker, Motor Coil Maker, Small and Medium Motor Cage Winding Maker

Uses specialist equipment and instruments such as balancing machines, coil winders, gas pressure testers, taping machines and vibration sensors to make and assemble parts for generators, motors and explosion proof motors, then carries out final assembly and testing.

Main tasks

• Stacking cores and checking their tightness with horizontal, vertical, induction heating, hydraulic, robotic and testing equipment and tools
• Winding, welding, insulating, pressing, impregnating and baking coils to make stator and rotor coils, with coil winders, cutting machines, medium frequency welders, forming and pressing machines, taping machines, ovens and impregnating equipment
• Inserting windings, pressing, binding and wedging stators or poles and rotors or armatures, fitting slip rings and retaining rings, and testing the cooling system and electrics, with gas pressure, insulation resistance, interlaminar short circuit, natural frequency and wedge tightness testers, thermal cameras and high voltage test gear
• Impregnating and baking stators and rotors for insulation with industrial ovens and vacuum pressure impregnation equipment
• Measuring rotor vibration with balancing machines and vibration sensors and carrying out high speed balancing and overspeed tests
• Carrying out final assembly of motors with special cranes, tools and instruments
• Testing and commissioning sealing, cooling, lubrication and electrical systems, including high and extra high voltage tests, with specialist equipment
• Overhauling the mechanical, electrical, lubrication, cooling and sealing systems of motors, dismantling motor assemblies and parts, and upgrading or remanufacturing them
• Maintaining jigs, gauges, instruments and tooling and fixing faults

Ways in

• Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Electric Machines and Appliances Technology (460203). Vocational major 460203 Electric Machines and Appliances Technology (电机与电器技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Programmable Control System Integration and Applications; Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Installation and Commissioning.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Electric Machine and Appliance Manufacturing and Repair (660203). Vocational major 660203 Electric Machine and Appliance Manufacturing and Repair (电机电器制造与维修), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Intelligent Power Distribution Integration and Maintenance; Substation and Distribution Operation and Maintenance; Power Cable Installation and Maintenance.

Pay · AI and this job

• Median pay in China: CN¥64,700 a year (2025).
• Middle half: CN¥51,200 to CN¥82,200. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,000 and one in ten more than CN¥103,200.
• This is the figure for the mid group Electrical Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Workers, not for this job alone.
• National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
• Guangzhou only: median CN¥80,665 a year (2025), middle half CN¥62,386 to CN¥95,883.
• This is the figure for the mid group Electrical Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Workers, not for this job alone.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

• The census group Electrical Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Workers holds 0.37% of everyone employed in China; 40.3% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
• 48.6% are under 35, 46.6% are 35 to 54 and 4.8% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 35 to 39.
• Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

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Questions people ask

How do I become an Electric Motor Maker?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Electric Machines and Appliances Technology (460203); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Electric Machine and Appliance Manufacturing and Repair (660203).

How much does an Electric Motor Maker earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥64,700 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Electrical Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥80,665 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of an Electric Motor Maker?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
• Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026