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MINOR GROUP 817: AUTOMATED-ASSEMBLY-LINE AND INDUSTRIAL-ROBOT OPERATORS
 


    Automated-assembly-line and industrial-robot operators operate and monitor automated or semi-automated assembly lines as well as industrial robots.

    Tasks performed usually include: operating and monitoring automated or semi-automated assembly lines as well as industrial robots.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    8171 Automated-assembly-line operators

    8172 Industrial-robot operators

    Note

    Occupations are classified into Major group 7, Craft and related trades workers if the tasks are carried out by hand and by hand-powered and other tools and call for an understanding of the work organisation, the materials and tools used, and the nature and purpose of the final product.

    Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary occupations if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature, mainly entail the use of hand held tools, some physical effort, little or no previous experience and understanding of the work, and limited initiative or judgement.

   
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 Updated 19 September 2004, by VA.