Occupation Atlasphysics technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a9bcc9e0-5be7-47a0-818b-acad10fe90d9
physics technician
Physics technicians monitor physical processes and perform tests for manufacturing, educational or scientific purposes. They work in laboratories, schools or production facilities where they assist physicists in their work. Physics technicians perform technical or practical work and report about their results.
Job Zone
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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 Realistic5.75
- C Conventional5.07
- I Investigative4.57
- E Enterprising2.26
- S Social1.83
- A Artistic1.00
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 Nuclear Technicians (19-4051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a narrower O*NET occupation within this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (13)
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.
- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- assist scientific research
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- gather experimental data
- laboratory techniques
- maintain laboratory equipment
- perform laboratory tests
- physics
- report analysis results
- scientific research methodology
- use measurement instruments
Optional (20)
- acoustics
- analyse scientific data
- apply scientific methods
- astronomy
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- collect samples for analysis
- communicate with external laboratories
- densiometry
- geology
- geophysics
- interpret geophysical data
- mathematics
- observe matter
- operate remote sensing equipment
- operate telescopes
- quantum computing
- quantum mechanics
- statistics
- thermodynamics
- write scientific publications
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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