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Job Description

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

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.08

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Photonics Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Fiber Optics Technician”

Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
Monitor mechanical factors, such as turbine load or strain information.
Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.
Assemble devices or equipment to be used in green technology applications, including solar energy, high efficiency solid state lighting, energy management, smart buildings, or green processes.
Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
Set 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.
Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
Assemble or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
Build prototype optomechanical devices for use in equipment such as aerial cameras, gun sights, or telescopes.
Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
Compute or record photonic test data.
Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
Optimize photonic process parameters by making prototype or production devices.
Build photonics tools to be applied to electrical grids to detect hot spots, such as failing insulators or conductors.

Related Technology & Tools

Non contact profilometers
Fiber cleavers
Soldering irons
Solid state lasers
Micropositioners
Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
Hardness testers
Biosafety cabinets
Laser cutting machines
Computerized numerical control CNC band saws
Autocollimators
Optical power meters
Vernier micrometers
Logic pulsers
Reflow ovens
Laser marking machines
Laser welders
Die shears
Optical spectrum analyzers
Bench refractometers
Spectrophotometers
Bit error rate testers BERT
Twyman-Green interferometers
Gas lasers
Isolators
Ellipsometers
Analog oscilloscopes
Digital logic probes
Laser drills
Optical alignment scopes
Die bonders
Spherometers
Scanning electron microscopes SEM
Die saws
Safety glasses
Chemical protective face shields
Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
Digital logic analyzers
Common path interferometers
Atomic force microscopes AFM
Wire bonders
Rapid thermal annealers RTA
Loupes
Liquid dye lasers
Diffractometers
Protective gowns
Spectrometers
Temperature chambers
Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Depth gauges
Calipers
Vacuum deposition systems
Michelson interferometers
Shearing interferometers
Mechanical steppers
Collimators
Hand calculators
Positioning stages
Laboratory forceps
Semiconductor parameter analyzers
Humidity chambers
Cutoff saws
Binocular light compound microscopes
Signal generators
Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems
Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE
Optical comparators
Wire saws
Fiber optic fault locators
Fusion splicers
Micrometers
Multifunction digital multimeters
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Fire extinguishers
Abrasive grinding machines
Wire pull testers
Fabry-Perot interferometers
Magnifiers
Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
Oscilloscopes
Protective gloves
Electron beam evaporators
Semiconductor detectors
Wavelength meters
Personal computers
Phase-shifting interferometers
Optical rails
Optical mounts
Wafer bonding systems
Contact profilometers
Laser heat treatment equipment
Digital oscilloscopes
Ion lasers
Monochromators
Excimer lasers
Diode lasers
Photoelectric power meters
Sputter deposition systems
Plasma strippers
Lab jacks
Fiber polishers
Dataloggers

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