94202 Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing

What this occupation covers

Assemblers in electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing assemble prefabricated parts to produce household, commercial and industrial appliances and equipment. Inspectors inspect and test the assembled products. This unit group also includes workers who set up and prepare assembly lines for operation. They are employed by electrical appliance and electrical equipment manufacturing companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Assemble prefabricated parts on an assembly line, or at work benches using screw guns and other hand and power tools
• Assemble small and large household electrical appliances such as coffeemakers, toasters, vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers, refrigerators and dishwashers
• Assemble small transformers, small electrical motors and transmissions used in appliances or other electrical products
• Assemble circuit breakers, switches or other electrical control equipment and position and fasten components such as springs, toggles or other parts into assembly casings
• Wind coils and armatures for small electric motors and transformers
• Perform minor repairs to products rejected from production assembly line
• Set up assembly line with materials and supplies required for production, and set up and adjust production tools.
• Check products at different stages of production for visual defects and faulty electrical and mechanical connections, or operate automatic or other testing equipment to ensure product quality
• Identify and mark acceptable and defective assemblies and return faulty assemblies to production for repair
• Collect, record and summarize inspection results.

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 2 of its 10 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.

• 72421 Appliance servicers and repairers
• 94203 Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers
• 72422 Electrical mechanics
• 94201 Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers
• 94205 Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing
• 92021 Supervisors, electronics and electrical products manufacturing

Excluded from this code

• Appliance servicers and repairers (See 72421 Appliance servicers and repairers)
• Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers (See 94203 Assemblers, fabricators and inspectors, industrial electrical motors and transformers)
• Electrical mechanics (See 72422 Electrical mechanics)
• Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers (See 94201 Electronics assemblers, fabricators, inspectors and testers)
• Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing (See 94205 Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing)
• 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.

air conditioner coil assembler · air conditioning unit tester · armature bander · assembler air conditioner · assembly inspector, electrical appliances · assembly lead hand - electrical equipment manufacturing · assembly lead hand, large electrical appliances · assembly lead hand, small electrical appliances · assembly line expediter - electrical equipment manufacturing · assembly line inspector - electrical equipment manufacturing · assembly line inspector and tester - electrical equipment manufacturing · automatic coil winder operator - electrical equipment manufacturing · ballast transformer assembler · ballast transformer tester · bushing assembler - small transformer manufacturing · carbon brush inspector · carbon brush inspector - electrical equipment manufacturing · carbon products inspector · circuit breaker assembler · circuit breaker assembly tester · coffee maker assembler · coil adjuster - electrical equipment manufacturing · coil finisher - electrical equipment manufacturing · coil taper - electrical equipment manufacturing

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• On-the-job training is provided.
• Inspectors may require experience as an assembler in the same company.
• Some types of inspectors may require completion of a college program in electronics.