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Photonics Technicians

SOC 17-3029.08

Build, install, test, or maintain optical or fiber optic equipment, such as lasers, lenses, or mirrors, using spectrometers, interferometers, or related equipment.

Green Occupation Zone 3 Architecture and Engineering

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Yes

Green

Top Skills 8

Reading Comprehension

3.6

Operation Monitoring

3.5

Active Listening

3.4

Quality Control Analysis

3.4

Critical Thinking

3.2

Active Learning

3.2

Monitoring

3.2

Complex Problem Solving

3.2

Knowledge Areas 8

Engineering and Technology

3.9

Computers and Electronics

3.8

Mathematics

3.6

Mechanical

3.6

Physics

3.4

English Language

3.4

Design

3.3

Production and Processing

2.8

Key Tasks

1Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.

2Compute or record photonic test data.

3Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.

4Set up or operate assembly or processing equipment, such as lasers, cameras, die bonders, wire bonders, dispensers, reflow ovens, soldering irons, die shears, wire pull testers, temperature or humidity chambers, or optical spectrum analyzers.

5Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.

Also Known As

Coating Manager Engineering Technician (Engineering Tech) Engineering Technologist Fiber Optic Assembler Fiber Optic Technician Fiber Optics Specialist Fiber Optics Supervisor Fiber Optics Technician Laser Specialist Laser Technician