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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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