From optical instrument assembler to photonics engineering technician
10 of the 28 essential skills of a photonics engineering technician are already essential for a optical instrument assembler — about 36% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 18
- would be new
- 36%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a photonics engineering technician
What a photonics engineering technician does
Photonics engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of photonic systems or components, usually in the form of optical equipment, such as lasers, lenses, and fibre optic equipment. Photonics engineering technicians build, test, install and calibrate optical equipment. They read blueprint and other technical drawings to develop testing and calibrating procedures.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
18 skillsEssential for a photonics engineering technician and not for a optical instrument assembler. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- assemble optoelectronics
- assist scientific research
- design drawings
- fasten components
- lasers
- liaise with engineers
- optical engineering
- optics
- optoelectronics
- perform test run
- photonics
- prepare production prototypes
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- refractive power
- test optical components
Other moves from optical instrument assembler
2 roles- photographic equipment assembler24 skills in common
- optical instrument repairer15 skills in common
← optical instrument assemblerphotonics engineering technician →The other way round
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How far are you from being a photonics engineering technician?
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