How to become a Lift Assembler and Tester
Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 电梯装配调试工
Also called: Lift Mechanical Assembler, Lift Electrical Assembler
Assembles and tests lifts and their mechanical and electrical parts with measuring instruments, specialist equipment and tooling.
Main tasks
- Assembling and adjusting the car system, traction machine, safety system, door operator and other mechanical parts
- Assembling suspension and compensation systems, guide and information systems in the shaft and landing and car call systems
- Assembling and adjusting the electrical parts of control cabinets, operating panels, levelling devices, position indicators and similar units
- Assembling steps, handrails, safety devices and other mechanical assemblies for escalators and moving walks
- Assembling and adjusting the electrical parts of comb plates, skirt panels, drive chains and other safety devices on escalators and moving walks
- Checking assembled systems or components with test instruments and specialist measuring tools
- Trial assembling escalators and moving walks and inspecting the complete unit with specialist tools and instruments
Ways in
- Vocational majors: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Lift Installation and Maintenance (660206). Vocational major 660206 Lift Installation and Maintenance (电梯安装与维修保养), 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: Special Equipment Safety Management and Operating Personnel; Lift Repair and Maintenance.
Pay · AI and this job
- Median pay in China: CN¥72,400 a year (2025).
- Middle half: CN¥55,000 to CN¥98,000. One in ten earn less than CN¥43,600 and one in ten more than CN¥126,900.
- This is the figure for the mid group General 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¥66,362 a year (2025), middle half CN¥55,000 to CN¥90,167.
- This is the figure for the mid group General 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 General Equipment Manufacturing Workers holds 0.26% of everyone employed in China; 23.5% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
- 37.1% are under 35, 53.7% are 35 to 54 and 9.2% 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 a Lift Assembler and Tester?
Ways in include: Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Lift Installation and Maintenance (660206).
How much does a Lift Assembler and Tester earn in China?
Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥72,400 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 General Equipment Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥66,362 a year (2025).
Will AI change the work of a Lift Assembler and Tester?
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