How to become a Mechanical Engineering Technician
Official title: Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Carries out technical work assisting in the design, development, manufacture, building, installation and maintenance of mechanical plant and equipment.
Main tasks
- Assist in research and development of machine tools, engines, vehicles, aircraft, heating, cooling and ventilation systems and other mechanical plant and equipment
- Estimate the quantity and cost of materials and labour needed for manufacture and installation
- Provide technical supervision of the manufacture, installation and maintenance of mechanical plant and equipment
- Apply mechanical engineering knowledge and experience to help find and solve practical problems
- Develop and oversee safety standards and procedures for maritime work involving docks, ship equipment and cargo
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: mechanical engineering (0715); motor vehicles, ships and aircraft (0716). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 70, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 21, five-year junior college (五專) 13, two-year junior college (二專) 9. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.; Technician certificate: Mechatronics. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 170 機電整合. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a ship surveyor you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 驗船師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 12.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$737,000 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.
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- Physical and Chemical Science Technicians
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Mechanical Engineering Technician?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme; Technician certificate: Mechatronics.
How much does a Mechanical Engineering Technician earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$737,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Mechanical 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 a Mechanical 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