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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 “Ruling Technician”

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

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Collimators
Optical power meters
Positioning stages
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Bench refractometers
Biosafety cabinets
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Fire extinguishers
Non contact profilometers
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Twyman-Green interferometers
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Wire saws
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Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses
Multifunction digital multimeters
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Autocollimators
Optical rails
Loupes
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Spherometers
Die bonders
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