How to become an Industrial and Production Technician
Official title: Industrial and Production Technicians
Assists industrial and production engineers in researching and planning ways to raise productivity and work efficiency.
Main tasks
- Draw charts showing workflows, plant layouts, materials management and machine use
- Use cameras and video recorders to observe the time and effort staff take to do tasks and operate equipment
- Recommend changes to work methods, materials management and equipment layout to raise productivity
- Help with planning based on data such as staff performance, machine capacity, production plans and expected delays
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: engineering, other (0719). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 15, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 8, two-year junior college (二專) 2. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$663,000 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
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- Electronics Engineering Technicians
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Industrial and Production Technician?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.
How much does an Industrial and Production Technician earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$663,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Industrial and Production 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 Industrial and Production 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