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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 Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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