From optomechanical engineering technician to photonics engineering technician
21 of the 28 essential skills of a photonics engineering technician are already essential for a optomechanical engineering technician — about 75% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from optomechanical engineering technician in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 21
- skills carry over
- 7
- would be new
- 75%
- 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
21 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adjust engineering designs
- align components
- apply optical coating
- assist scientific research
- clean optical components
- design drawings
- fasten components
- inspect quality of products
- liaise with engineers
- optical components
- optical engineering
- optical equipment standards
- optical glass characteristics
- optical manufacturing process
- optics
- prepare production prototypes
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- refractive power
- test optical components
- types of optical instruments
What would be new
7 skillsEssential for a photonics engineering technician and not for a optomechanical engineering technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from optomechanical engineering technician
2 roles- optoelectronic engineering technician21 skills in common
- optomechanical engineer19 skills in common
← optomechanical engineering technicianphotonics engineering technician →The other way round
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