Occupation Atlasphotonics engineering technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/250d6493-68ab-4d69-ba67-c10293a20f49
photonics engineering technician
Photonics engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of photonic systems or components, usually in the form of optical equipment, such as lasers, lenses, and fibre optic equipment. Photonics engineering technicians build, test, install and calibrate optical equipment. They read blueprint and other technical drawings to develop testing and calibrating procedures.
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional5.46
- I Investigative4.18
- A Artistic1.00
- S Social1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Photonics Technicians (17-3029.08): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (28)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- apply optical coating
- assemble optoelectronics
- assist scientific research
- clean optical components
- design drawings
- fasten components
- inspect quality of products
- lasers
- liaise with engineers
- mount optical components on frames
- operate optical assembly equipment
- optical components
- optical engineering
- optical equipment standards
- optical glass characteristics
- optical manufacturing process
- optics
- optoelectronics
- perform test run
- photonics
- prepare production prototypes
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- refractive power
- test optical components
- types of optical instruments
Optional (33)
- CAD software
- CAE software
- MOEM
- apply technical communication skills
- calibrate optical instruments
- computational mechanics
- digital camera sensors
- electromagnetic spectrum
- electronics
- electrooptic devices
- engineering principles
- fibre optics
- firmware
- inspect optical supplies
- integrate new products in manufacturing
- interpret circuit diagrams
- keep records of work progress
- maintain optical equipment
- mechanics
- microoptics
- microprocessors
- microsensors
- monitor machine operations
- optoelectronic devices
- optomechanical components
- printed circuit boards
- program firmware
- quantum technology
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- semiconductors
- sensors
- use CAM software
- write technical reports
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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