Occupation

Team Assemblers

Human Advantage 67%

Significant human skills needed

AI Automation Risk Moderate Risk
3.6 / 10

Some tasks in this role may be augmented by AI, but human oversight and interpersonal skills remain important.

Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team assemblers can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them, rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. May participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Includes team leaders who work as part of the team.

Also Known As: Assembler, Assembly Associate, Assembly Inspector, Assembly Line Machine Operator, Assembly Line Worker, Assembly Operator, Assembly Technician, Assembly Worker +22 more

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Core Tasks

  1. Perform quality checks on products and parts.
  2. Review work orders and blueprints to ensure work is performed according to specifications.
  3. Rotate through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
  4. Determine work assignments and procedures.
  5. Supervise assemblers and train employees on job procedures.
  6. Shovel, sweep, or otherwise clean work areas.

Supplemental Tasks (5)

  1. Provide assistance in the production of wiring assemblies.
  2. Maintain production equipment and machinery.
  3. Complete production reports to communicate team production level to management.
  4. Package finished products and prepare them for shipment.
  5. Operate machinery and heavy equipment, such as forklifts.

Education & Training

Job Zone 2 Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education Level Distribution

Percentage of workers in this occupation with each education level.

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
81%
Bachelor's Degree
7%
Some College Courses
7%
Less than a High School Diploma
4%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
1%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
0%

Technology & Tools

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Software (11)

  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Word processing software

Tools & Equipment (173)

  • Adhesive application robots
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Allen wrenches
  • Alligator jaw compression riveters
  • Anti-vibration gloves
  • Arc welding equipment
  • Assembly robots
  • Autoriveters
  • Backup wrenches
  • Beading tools
  • Bearing installation tools
  • Bearing staking tools
  • Belt sanders
  • Bench grinders
  • Bench vises
  • Beverly shears
  • Blind rivet guns
  • Brakes
  • Brazing equipment
  • Burring tools
  • C-yoke compression riveters
  • Cable cutters
  • Case wrenches
  • Center punches
  • Chopper guns
  • Claw hammers
  • Computerized numerical control CNC metal-cutting machines
  • Computerized numerical control CNC press brakes
  • Cordless drills
  • Curing ovens
  • Cutoff saws
  • Deburring tools
  • Desktop computers
  • Dial calipers
  • Dial indicators
  • Dividers
  • Drafting templates
  • Drift pins
  • Drill presses
  • Edge planers
  • Electrochemical etching devices
  • End milling machines
  • Engine repair stands
  • Feeler gauges
  • Fiber reinforced polymer FRP rollers
  • First assembly jigs
  • Flame cutters
  • Flange wrenches
  • Flaring tools
  • Forklifts
  • Fuel control wrenches
  • Fuel nozzle wrenches
  • Gear pullers
  • Gear shaft wrenches
  • Gear wrenches
  • Grinding machines
  • Hand clamps
  • Hand jacks
  • Hand shears
  • Heat guns
  • Heat lamps
  • Heating furnaces
  • High-volume low-pressure HVLP spray guns
  • Hydraulic press frames
  • Input wrenches
  • Jib cranes
  • Ladders
  • Lapping tools
  • Lathes
  • Layout squares
  • Line reamers
  • Locking pliers
  • Material guiding jigs
  • Measuring tapes
  • Metal bending equipment
  • Metal bucking bars
  • Metal chisels
  • Metal cutting taps
  • Metal inert gas MIG welders
  • Micrometers
  • Milling machines
  • Mylar index templates
  • Needlenose pliers
  • Nut drivers
  • Nut wrenches
  • Nylon hammers
  • Overhead cranes
  • Paint application brushes
  • Paint application rollers
  • Paint spray guns
  • Pallet jacks
  • Pin protrusion gauges
  • Plasma cutters
  • Plastic mallets
  • Pneumatic drills
  • Pneumatic hog rings
  • Pneumatic spray guns
  • Positioning jigs
  • Power chippers
  • Power drills
  • Power drivers
  • Power grinders
  • Power hacksaws
  • Power hoists
  • Power sanders
  • Power saws
  • Power screwguns
  • Power wrenches
  • Precision files
  • Precision tapered reamers
  • Pressure-fed roller applicators
  • Protective ear muffs
  • Protective ear plugs
  • Protractors
  • Pry bars
  • Punches
  • Radial arm saws
  • Radial drills
  • Ratchets
  • Recoilless rivet hammers
  • Respirators
  • Ring filing wheels
  • Ring squeezers
  • Rivet guns
  • Roll benders
  • Rotating mandrels
  • Rubber mallets
  • Safety glasses
  • Safety gloves
  • Scaffolding
  • Scribers
  • Setup templates
  • Sine bars
  • Sledgehammers
  • Snap ring pliers
  • Socket wrenches
  • Soldering guns
  • Soldering irons
  • Spanner wrenches
  • Spline key wrenches
  • Spot welding equipment
  • Squeegees
  • Steel rules
  • Straight screwdrivers
  • Straightening presses
  • Surface gauges
  • Swaging tools
  • Tack welding equipment
  • Tensiometers
  • Threaded insert tools
  • Timing lights
  • Torque angle meters
  • Torque drivers
  • Torque wrenches
  • Transit levels
  • Trimming knives
  • Trunnion centering tools
  • Trunnion wrenches
  • Tube benders
  • Tube crimping tools
  • Tube cutters
  • Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
  • Turnbuckles
  • Ultrasonic inspection equipment
  • Unishears
  • Vacuum bags
  • Vacuum pumps
  • Vernier calipers
  • Vernier height gauges
  • Wedges
  • Welding hoods
  • Welding robots
  • Welding torches

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