How to become a Motorcycle Assembly Technician

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 摩托车装调工

Also called: Motorcycle Final Assembly Technician, Motorcycle Engine Assembler

Uses tooling such as hydraulic presses and assembly lines, equipment such as vehicle test lines and a range of tools to assemble motorcycle parts and find and fix faults.

Main tasks

• Assembling vehicle parts, using tooling such as hydraulic presses and specialist equipment and tools
• Assembling the complete motorcycle with assembly lines, hydraulic presses, nail guns, strapping machines and so on
• Assembling engine parts, using tooling such as hydraulic presses and equipment and tools
• Assembling complete engines with assembly lines, hydraulic presses and so on
• Finding faults in the complete motorcycle with vehicle test lines, headlight testers, exhaust gas analysers, multimeters and so on
• Replacing faulty parts on the motorcycle with tools to complete repairs
• Running first tests and running in complete engines on the engine test bench
• Finding engine faults with multimeters, exhaust gas analysers, balancing testers, seal testers, leak testers and flow testers
• Replacing faulty engine parts with tools to complete repairs
• Maintaining equipment, tooling and tools

Pay · AI and this job

• Median pay in China: CN¥80,500 a year (2025).
• Middle half: CN¥56,100 to CN¥119,300. One in ten earn less than CN¥46,300 and one in ten more than CN¥151,200.
• This is the figure for the mid group Railway, Ship and Aerospace 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¥116,955 a year (2025), middle half CN¥60,272 to CN¥148,272.
• This is the figure for the mid group Railway, Ship and Aerospace 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 Railway, Ship and Aerospace Equipment Manufacturing Workers holds 0.08% of everyone employed in China; 24.3% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
• 38.4% are under 35, 54% are 35 to 54 and 7.6% 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 much does a Motorcycle Assembly Technician earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥80,500 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 Railway, Ship and Aerospace Equipment Manufacturing Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥116,955 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Motorcycle Assembly 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

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