Industrial Robot Operation and Maintenance Workers Digital occupation

How to become an Industrial Robot Maintenance Technician

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 工业机器人系统运维员

Uses tools, gauges, test instruments and equipment to collect data from, monitor and maintain industrial robots and their work cells or systems.

Main tasks

Checking and diagnosing mechanical parts, including peripheral equipment, the robot arm and end effectors
Checking and diagnosing electrical parts such as electrical controls, drives, power supplies and wiring
Servicing robots, work cells or systems, such as zero point calibration, dust protection, battery changes and lubricant changes
Collecting operating values, working status and other data with measuring equipment for monitoring
Analysing, diagnosing and repairing faults in work cells or systems
Writing system operation, maintenance and repair reports

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Industrial Robotics Technology (460305). Vocational major 460305 Industrial Robotics Technology (工业机器人技术), 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: Industrial Robot Application Programming; Industrial Robot Operation and Maintenance; Intelligent Manufacturing Production Management and Control.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Industrial Robot Technology Applications (660303). Vocational major 660303 Industrial Robot Technology Applications (工业机器人技术应用), 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: Industrial Robot Operation and Maintenance; Industrial Robot Application Programming; Industrial Robot Assembly and Setup.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Intelligent Equipment Operation and Maintenance (660201). Vocational major 660201 Intelligent Equipment Operation and Maintenance (智能设备运行与维护), 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: CNC Equipment Maintenance and Repair; Industrial Robot Assembly and Setup; Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Installation and Commissioning.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥63,600 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥48,000 to CN¥86,300. One in ten earn less than CN¥37,000 and one in ten more than CN¥117,100.
This is the figure for the mid group Production Support 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¥78,211 a year (2025), middle half CN¥56,513 to CN¥110,372.
This is the figure for the mid group Production Support 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 Production Support Workers holds 2.84% of everyone employed in China; 35.7% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
38.1% are under 35, 52.9% are 35 to 54 and 9% 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.

Questions people ask

How do I become an Industrial Robot Maintenance Technician?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Industrial Robotics Technology (460305); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Industrial Robot Technology Applications (660303).

How much does an Industrial Robot Maintenance Technician earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥63,600 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 Production Support Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥78,211 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of an Industrial Robot Maintenance Technician?

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
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation, National Bureau of Statistics: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China, 2022 edition (public consultation draft) (2022 public consultation draft (1,636 occupations; final edition 1,639)), 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