Photonics Technicians
On the Job
Photonics Technicians build, install, or maintain optical or fiber optic equipment, such as lasers, lenses, or mirrors. They use specialized equipment such as spectrometers, interferometers, or related equipment.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
- Document design or operational test results.
- Prepare procedural documents.
- Assist engineers or scientists with research.
- Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
- Operate industrial equipment.
- Analyze operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products.
- Analyze test or validation data.
- Conduct quantitative failure analyses of operational data.
- Create physical models or prototypes.
Typical Working Conditions
- Having face-to-face discussions.
- The importance of being accurate or exact.
- Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- Wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats, or life jackets.
- Meeting strict deadlines.
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
- Using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
- Working with a group or team.
- Responsibility for others' health and safety.
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