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Electro-mechanical apparatus assembly workers

How to become an Electronic Equipment Assembler

Also called: Telecommunications equipment assembly operator, Electronic equipment assembly operator, Electronic component assembly operator, Semiconductor production operator, Car navigation system assembler, Mobile phone assembler, Telephone assembler, Fax machine assembler

Assembles electronic devices such as computers, mobile phones, game consoles and televisions.

Main tasks

Workers in this job say high school or university is common. From job tag's survey of people in each job, who could give several answers. It shows what workers see as common, not how many workers hold each level.

How to become one

No particular education or qualification is required to start. After joining, you are trained in basic skills such as using a soldering iron, and once you reach a certain level you can work on the line. After that, you learn the work through on-the-job training. You are considered fully skilled once you can teach others the work steps, which takes around six months to a year. Some people gain assembly experience, become line leaders and move on to management roles that include process control and production control. A related qualification is the electronic equipment assembly technician grade of the ginou kentei (national trade skills test) set by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. You need to learn soldering, how to handle adhesives and how to work safely. Because you work alongside the people before and after you on the line, understanding their work and helping each other, teamwork is needed. As work becomes more automated and mechanised, there are more machine operator jobs, so knowledge of and skill in operating machines are important.

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How do I become an Electronic Equipment Assembler?

No particular education or qualification is required to start. After joining, you are trained in basic skills such as using a soldering iron, and once you reach a certain level you can work on the line. After that, you learn the work through on-the-job training. You are considered fully skilled once you can teach others the work steps, which takes around six months to a year. Some people gain assembly experience, become line leaders and move on to management roles that include process control and production control. A related qualification is the electronic equipment assembly technician grade of the ginou kentei (national trade skills test) set by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. You need to learn soldering, how to handle adhesives and how to work safely. Because you work alongside the people before and after you on the line, understanding their work and helping each other, teamwork is needed. As work becomes more automated and mechanised, there are more machine operator jobs, so knowledge of and skill in operating machines are important.

How much does an Electronic Equipment Assembler earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥4,460,800 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Electro-mechanical apparatus assembly workers, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become an Electronic Equipment Assembler?

Usually not. In this job's census occupation group, only 15% of workers are university graduates. Ways in include: National trade skills test (技能検定).

Will AI change the work of an Electronic Equipment Assembler?

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

Sources

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Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026