How to become a Motor Vehicle Mechanic or Repairer

Official title: Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Repairers

Motor vehicle mechanics service and repair the mechanical parts of cars, motorcycles, trains and other vehicles.

Main tasks

• Inspect and test motor vehicle engines
• Replace engine parts in motor vehicles
• Inspect, calibrate and replace parts in motor vehicles
• Adjust engines and brakes, and calibrate power steering and other parts

Ways in

• Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: motor vehicles, ships and aircraft (0716). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 13, five-year junior college (五專) 2, two-year junior college (二專) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.; Technician certificate: Motorcycle repair. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 145 機器腳踏車修護. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.; Technician certificate: Motor vehicle repair. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 020 汽車修護. 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$614,000 a year
• Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Aircraft Engine Mechanics and Repairers
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics and Repairers
• Bicycle and Related Repairers

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Motor Vehicle Mechanic or Repairer?

Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme; Technician certificate: Motorcycle repair.

How much does a Motor Vehicle Mechanic or Repairer earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$614,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Motor Vehicle Mechanic or Repairer a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Motor Vehicle Mechanic or Repairer?

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