How to become an assistant electrical engineer
Official title: Assistant electrical engineer
Assistant electrical engineer provides assistance to the electrical engineer and may lead a team of technicians. He/she supports the design, inspection, installation, testing, troubleshooting and maintenance of electrical systems and equipment. He/she coordinates with customers, contractors, suppliers and consultants, to ensure that the products or work is performed to specification.
Main tasks
- Assisting in the design of new products
- Assisting in technical supervision of manufacture, utilisation, maintenance and repair of structures, machinery and equipment
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Electrical Engineering. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Electrical Engineering. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Ngee Ann Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $58,452 a year. The middle half earn $45,600 to $78,948 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Assistant civil/structural engineer
- Assistant electronics engineer
- Assistant mechanical engineer
- Assistant chemical engineer
- Assistant manufacturing engineer
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Questions people ask
How do I become an assistant electrical engineer?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma; Work-study diploma.
How much does an assistant electrical engineer earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $58,452 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $45,600 to $78,948.
Will AI change the work of an assistant electrical engineer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, 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
Updated 4 October 2026