printed circuit board test technician
Printed circuit board test technicians inspect and test printed circuit boards. They perform a range of printed circuit board testing procedures and may perform minor repairs.
Also called: PCB test technician, printed circuit board tester, test technician for printed circuit boards, PCB tester, printed circuit board test operator, test technician for PCBs, PCB test operator, printed circuit board inspection technician
- 26
- essential skills
- 22
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 7543
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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Essential skills
26- abide by regulations on banned materials
- check for solder defects
- communicate test results to other departments
- electronic equipment standards
- electronics
- ensure conformity to specifications
- ensure material compliance
- in-circuit test
- inspect quality of products
- instrument performance elements
- integrated circuits
- interpret circuit diagrams
- measure electrical characteristics
- meet deadlines
- perform in-circuit test
- perform test run
- printed circuit boards
- printed circuit boards testing methods
- process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006
- quality assurance procedures
- read assembly drawings
- read standard blueprints
- report defective manufacturing materials
- send faulty equipment back to assembly line
- test printed circuit boards
- troubleshoot
Optional skills
22- apply soldering techniques
- apply technical communication skills
- automated optical inspection
- hardware testing methods
- IPC standards
- keep records of work progress
- liaise with engineers
- maintain test equipment
- microelectronics
- monitor machine operations
- operate automated optical inspection machine
- quality standards
- remove defective products
- research equipment needs
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- semiconductors
- surface-mount technology
- test hardware
- through-hole technology
- waste removal regulations
- write inspection reports
- write records for repairs
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