How to become a Product Grader or Tester

Official title: Product Graders and Testers (Except Foods and Beverages)

Product graders and testers (excluding food and beverages) inspect, test, sort, sample and weigh raw materials, components and non-food products being made or sold to ensure they meet quality standards, identify defective, worn and non-conforming products, and grade and sort them by quality.

Main tasks

• Inspect and test products, components and materials against specifications and standards
• Analyse and interpret blueprints, data, manuals and other material to determine specifications and inspection and testing procedures
• Record inspection or test data such as weight, temperature, grade, moisture content and quantities inspected or graded
• Measure product dimensions using instruments such as rulers, callipers, gauges or micrometers
• Analyse and calculate test data and determine test results where needed

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$461,000 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.

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Questions people ask

How much does a Product Grader or Tester earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$461,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Product Grader or Tester 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 Product Grader or Tester?

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