Medical Device and Rehabilitation Aids Production Workers

How to become a Medical Device Assembler

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 医疗器械装配工

Also called: Clinical Laboratory Equipment Assembler, Surgical Instrument Assembler, Medical Electronics Assembler, Medical Optical Instrument Assembler, Medical Sterilisation and Cold Equipment Assembler, Medical Radiation Equipment Assembler, Dental Equipment Assembler

Uses equipment, tools and instruments to assemble and test medical equipment and devices.

Main tasks

Checking mechanical, optical, electronic and other parts before assembly and picking out the ones that pass
Using soldering, gluing and plug in tools and equipment to assemble electrical circuits, gas lines, optical paths and other components
Running specialist equipment to set up, solder and assemble modules, plug in boards and templates, and control, mechanical, optical and imaging systems
Testing and calibrating modules, plug in boards and systems with general or specialist test equipment
Assembling the complete device with specialist equipment and tools
Testing the complete device with test and calibration instruments and commissioning the systems together
Packing products and labelling them to standard
Maintaining jigs, gauges, equipment and instruments and fixing faults
Keeping the assembly and testing area clean and safe

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Intelligent Medical Equipment Technology (490210). Vocational major 490210 Intelligent Medical Equipment Technology (智能医疗装备技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Medical Device Maintenance and Management (490213). Vocational major 490213 Medical Device Maintenance and Management (医疗器械维护与管理), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Medical Electronic Instrument Technology (490211). Vocational major 490211 Medical Electronic Instrument Technology (医用电子仪器技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Medical Device Repair and Sales (690207). Vocational major 690207 Medical Device Repair and Sales (医疗器械维修与营销), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Medical Equipment Installation and Maintenance (690206). Vocational major 690206 Medical Equipment Installation and Maintenance (医疗设备安装与维护), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥65,000 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥49,100 to CN¥91,200. One in ten earn less than CN¥38,000 and one in ten more than CN¥120,600.
This is the figure for the mid group Special 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¥83,400 a year (2025), middle half CN¥62,245 to CN¥120,242.
This is the figure for the mid group Special 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 Special Equipment Manufacturing Workers holds 0.1% of everyone employed in China; 39.8% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
46.6% are under 35, 47.9% are 35 to 54 and 5.5% 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 a Medical Device Assembler?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Intelligent Medical Equipment Technology (490210); Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Medical Device Maintenance and Management (490213).

How much does a Medical Device Assembler earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥65,000 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 Special Equipment Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥83,400 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Medical Device Assembler?

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