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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 “Laser Specialist”

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

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