94201 Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers

What this occupation covers

Electronics assemblers and fabricators assemble and fabricate electronic equipment, parts and components. Electronics inspectors and testers inspect and test electronic and electromechanical assemblies, subassemblies, parts and components to ensure conformance to prescribed standards. They are employed in electronics manufacturing plants.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 18 main duties for this code.

• Solder and manually assemble various electronic components such as resistors, diodes, transistors, capacitors, integrated circuits, switches, wires and other electronic parts to designated locations on printed circuit boards
• Assemble microcircuits requiring fine hand assembly, the use of microscopes and adherence to cleanroom procedures
• Install, mount, fasten, align and adjust parts, components, wiring and harnesses to subassemblies and assemblies using hand and small power tools
• Operate automatic and semi-automatic machines to position, solder and clean prescribed components on printed circuit boards
• Operate and monitor process equipment including automatic and semi-automatic machines to fabricate electronic components, solder, clean, seal and stamp components and perform other process operations as specified
• Set up process equipment and adhere to cleanroom procedures as required
• May replace defective components and repair and overhaul older devices.
• Inspect electronic components and assemblies to ensure correct component selection and placement, wiring and soldering quality, proper pin insertions, location and diameter of plated holes, breaks in circuitry and line spacing in printed circuit board and other specified requirements while products are being assembled or fabricated
• Check final assembly for finish, labelling and packaging methods
• Check mechanical dimensions and perform "go-no-go" electrical tests
• Identify and mark acceptable and defective assemblies and return faulty assemblies to production for repair
• Collect, record and summarize inspection results
• Investigate equipment malfunction and instruct on proper operation
• Operate various test equipment and tools to perform simple electrical and continuity testing of electronic components, parts and systems
• Set up and operate automatic testing equipment to locate circuit and wiring faults, shorts and component defects
• Compare test results to specifications and set parts or products aside for repair or replace components or parts as indicated by test equipment
• Maintain test result reports
• May conduct life tests (burn-ins) on components, subassemblies and assemblies.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 3 of its 18 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 94202 Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing
• 22310 Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
• 22311 Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
• 92021 Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing

Excluded from this code

• Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing (See 94202 Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing)
• Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians (See 22310 Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians)
• Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) (See 22311 Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment))
• Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing (See 92021 Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

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Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required for electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers.
• On-the-job training is usually provided for occupations in this unit group.
• A two-year apprenticeship program and trade certification for electronics assemblers are available but voluntary in Saskatchewan.
• Electronics testers may require post-secondary courses in basic electronic theory, testing techniques and testing equipment.
• Electronics inspectors and testers may require experience as an electronics assembler or component fabricator.