How to become an Electrical Engineering Technician
Official title: Electrical Engineering Technicians
Carries out technical work assisting in the design, development, building, installation and maintenance of electrical equipment.
Main tasks
- Assist in research and development of electrical equipment
- Estimate the quantity and cost of materials and labour needed to produce and install electrical equipment
- Provide technical supervision of the production, installation and maintenance of electrical equipment
- Apply electrical engineering knowledge and experience to help find and solve practical problems
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: electrical and electronic engineering (0714). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 82, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 19, five-year junior college (五專) 14, two-year junior college (二專) 9. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.; Technician certificate: Electrical installation inspection. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 166 用電設備檢驗. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$816,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Physical and Chemical Science Technicians
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Electronics Engineering Technicians
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians
- Chemical Engineering Technicians
- Industrial and Production Technicians
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Electrical Engineering Technician?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme; Technician certificate: Electrical installation inspection.
How much does an Electrical Engineering Technician earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$816,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Electrical Engineering Technician a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of an Electrical Engineering Technician?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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