physics technician
Physics technicians monitor physical processes and perform tests for manufacturing, educational or scientific purposes. They work in laboratories, schools or production facilities where they assist physicists in their work. Physics technicians perform technical or practical work and report about their results.
Also called: physics lab technician, reprographics technician, nuclear physics technician, medical physics technician, physicist assistant, physics assistant, physics laboratory technician, health physics technician
- 13
- essential skills
- 20
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 3111
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- physicist9 skills in common
- agronomist6 skills in common
- analytical chemist6 skills in common
- bacteriology technician6 skills in common
- biochemistry technician6 skills in common
- biology technician6 skills in common
- oceanographer6 skills in common
- toxicologist6 skills in common
Essential skills
13- analyse experimental laboratory data
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- assist scientific research
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- gather experimental data
- laboratory techniques
- maintain laboratory equipment
- perform laboratory tests
- physics
- report analysis results
- scientific research methodology
- use measurement instruments
Optional skills
20- acoustics
- analyse scientific data
- apply scientific methods
- astronomy
- calibrate laboratory equipment
- collect samples for analysis
- communicate with external laboratories
- densiometry
- geology
- geophysics
- interpret geophysical data
- mathematics
- observe matter
- operate remote sensing equipment
- operate telescopes
- quantum computing
- quantum mechanics
- statistics
- thermodynamics
- write scientific publications
No account needed to start
How close are you to being a physics technician?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.