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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”

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

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