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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”

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

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