"Some people like to start new projects, but I like to finish things. Sending a well-built, quality product out to customers lets me check one more off my list and go home feeling great. It takes focus and skill to line up parts with hoists and then connect them with bolts and screws. I like that our team rotates to different jobs on the line, so I can keep learning and working my way up. With so many manufacturing jobs in this state, being an assembler is a great way to start working right out of high school and build a career."

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Job Description

SOC Code: 53-7051

Team Assemblers 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.*

*Source: This information is based on O*NET™ data. O*NET is a trademark registered to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

Top Job Skills:

• Record keeping
• Assemble parts
• Mathematical Skills
• Preventative maintenance
• Read a tape measure

General Work Activities:

• Mental Processes
  • Evaluate quality of materials or products
  • Plan production or operational procedures or sequences
• Interacting With Others
  • Direct operational or production activities
  • Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures
• Information Input
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements
• Work Output
  • Assemble electrical or electronic equipment
  • Maintain production or processing equipment
  • Record operational or production data
  • Package products for storage or shipment
  • Clean work areas

Source: SC Works Online Services (SCWOS)

*All data is factual, but names, images, and quotations have been adapted to protect the identity of employees and businesses

Job Statistics

Examples of Workforce Areas with Job Openings

 

• Upstate
• Trident
• Greenville
• Worklink
• Midlands
• Catawba

 

Source: SC Works Online Services. Ask an SC Works representative for more information about postings in your area

Examples of Employers with Job Openings

 

• Wabtec Corporation
• Vulcan Materials Company
• 3D Systems, Inc.
• ATI
• Bicycle Corporation of America
• First Quality Enterprises, Inc.

Source: SC Works Online Services. Ask an SC Works representative for more information about postings in your area

Related Occupations

 

• Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
• Electrical and Electronic
• Equipment Assemblers

NOTE: All data based on state averages. Information may vary depending on region, experience, and specific employment situation. Last Updated: 2024

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