How to become a quality assurance technician
Official title: Quality assurance technician
Also called: Non-destructive testing (NDT) technician, Quality control technician (industrial engineering), Assistant Quality Assurance/Quality Control Engineer, Assistant Quality Engineer, Quality Assurance Assistant, Quality Control Technician/Quality Control Assistant/Laboratory Technician, Non-destructive testing (NDT) technician
Quality assurance technician performs inspection on parts received from suppliers to ensure conformity to specifications. He/she performs process control by using inspection equipment for accurate inspection and manual checks and registers non-conformity as required. He/she also assists in analysing manufacturing and quality issues to make recommendations for out-of-control processes.
Main tasks
- Carrying out operational activities according to required work specification, quality and safety standards
- Reading/studying technical product documents, manufacturing specifications etc
- Identifying faults and troubleshooting production processes/machinery and equipment
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $51,504 a year. The middle half earn $39,600 to $67,812 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Manufacturing engineering technician
- Production engineering technician
- Process engineering technician
- Automation technician
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Questions people ask
How much does a quality assurance technician earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $51,504 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $39,600 to $67,812.
Will AI change the work of a quality assurance technician?
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