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SSOC 2024 unit

Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 2024

21521

Electronics engineer

Electronics engineer researches on, designs, develops and advises on electronic devices, equipment and systems and plans and supervises their development, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and repair, and checks completed work to ensure compliance with specifications and safety standards. He/she studies operating requirements for electronic equipment in fields such as telecommunications, acoustics, instrumentation and automatic control systems and also engages in research and development work. He/she designs electronic systems and equipment, prepares working drawings and specifications, and supervises technical aspects of manufacturing processes.

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Electronics engineer researches on, designs, develops and advises on electronic devices, equipment and systems and plans and supervises their development, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and repair, and checks completed work to ensure compliance with specifications and safety standards. He/she studies operating requirements for electronic equipment in fields such as telecommunications, acoustics, instrumentation and automatic control systems and also engages in research and development work. He/she designs electronic systems and equipment, prepares working drawings and specifications, and supervises technical aspects of manufacturing processes.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineer •Ÿ  Electronics design engineer •Ÿ  Microelectronics (MEMS) engineer

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Electronics physicist, see 21110 •Ÿ  Electrical engineer, see 21511 •Ÿ  Instrumentation engineer, see 21525 •Ÿ  Telecommunications engineer, see 21532 •Ÿ  Electronics draughtsperson, see 31182

Hierarchy context

2→21→215→2152→21521 Electronics engineer

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 21521 — Electronics engineer

ISCO-08

  • 2152 — Electronics engineers

Alphabetical index entries

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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