Photonics Technicians
Tasks Include:
- Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
- Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
- Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
- Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
- Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
- Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
- Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
- Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
- Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
- Assemble or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
- Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
- Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: +2.1%
Education
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$65,520.00
State
$86,800.00
Regional
Photonics Technicians
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Build, install, test, or maintain optical or fiber optic equipment, such as lasers, lenses, or mirrors, using spectrometers, interferometers, or related equipment.
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Photonics Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 32%
- Some College Courses = 16%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 12%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 12%
- Bachelor's Degree = 12%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 8%
- Master's Degree = 8%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 24%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 16%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 16%
- None = 12%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 12%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 12%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4%
- Over 10 years = 4%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 28%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 24%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 20%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12%
- None = 8%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 41.67%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 20.83%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.67%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.50%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.17%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.17%
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Photonics Technicians
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Monitor inventory levels and order supplies as necessary.
- Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.
- Test or perform failure analysis for optomechanical or optoelectrical products, according to test plans.
- Assist scientists or engineers in the conduct of photonic experiments.
- Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
- Mix, pour, or use processing chemicals or gases according to safety standards or established operating procedures.
- Assist engineers in the development of new products, fixtures, tools, or processes.
- Assemble or adjust parts or related electrical units of prototypes to prepare for testing.
- Set up or operate prototype or test apparatus, such as control consoles, collimators, recording equipment, or cables.
- Set up or operate assembly or processing equipment, such as lasers, cameras, die bonders, wire bonders, dispensers, reflow ovens, soldering irons, die shears, wire pull testers, temperature or humidity chambers, or optical spectrum analyzers.
- Assemble fiber optical, optoelectronic, or free-space optics components, subcomponents, assemblies, or subassemblies.
- Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.
- Compute or record photonic test data.
- Document procedures, such as calibration of optical or fiber optic equipment.
- Recommend optical or optic equipment design or material changes to reduce costs or processing times.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts.
- Lay out cutting lines for machining, using drafting tools.
- Splice fibers, using fusion splicing or other techniques.
- Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
- Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.
- Perform laser seam welding, heat treatment, or hard facing operations.
- Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.
- Build prototype optomechanical devices for use in equipment such as aerial cameras, gun sights, or telescopes.
- Assemble components of energy-efficient optical communications systems involving photonic switches, optical backplanes, or optoelectronic interfaces.
- Assemble devices or equipment to be used in green technology applications, including solar energy, high efficiency solid state lighting, energy management, smart buildings, or green processes.
- Build photonics tools to be applied to electrical grids to detect hot spots, such as failing insulators or conductors.
- Develop solar power sources for lasers used in fiber optics.
- Fabricate sensors to be used to control wind turbines.
- Monitor mechanical factors, such as turbine load or strain information.
- Optimize photonic process parameters by making prototype or production devices.
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Photonics Technicians
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Power grinders (Abrasive grinding machines)
- Oscilloscopes (Analog oscilloscopes)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Atomic force microscopes AFM)
- Optical diffusers (Autocollimators)
- Bench refractometers or polarimeters (Bench refractometers)
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- HEPA filtered enclosures (Biosafety cabinets)
- Circuit tester (Bit error rate testers BERT)
- Calipers
- Facial shields (Chemical protective face shields)
- Semiconductor process systems (Chemical vapor deposition CVD systems)
- X ray diffraction equipment (Collimators)
- Interferometers (Common path interferometers)
- Sawing machines (Computerized numerical control CNC band saws)
- Workshop presses (Computerized numerical control CNC drill presses)
- Lathes (Computerized numerical control CNC lathes)
- Milling machines (Computerized numerical control CNC milling machines)
- Surface testers (Contact profilometers)
- Coordinate measuring machines CMM
- Power saws (Cutoff saws)
- Portable data input terminals (Dataloggers)
- Depth gauges
- Semiconductor process systems (Die bonders)
- Power saws (Die saws)
- Power saws (Die shears)
- Diffractometers
- Integrated circuit testers (Digital logic analyzers)
- Integrated circuit testers (Digital logic probes)
- Oscilloscopes (Digital oscilloscopes)
- Lasers (Diode lasers)
- Laboratory evaporators (Electron beam evaporators)
- Semiconductor process systems (Electron cyclotron resonance ECR reactive ion etchers RIE)
- Thickness measuring devices (Ellipsometers)
- Lasers (Excimer lasers)
- Interferometers (Fabry-Perot interferometers)
- Cutting machines (Fiber cleavers)
- Fiber optic fault locators
- Polishing machines (Fiber polishers)
- Fire extinguishers
- Cable splicing kits (Fusion splicers)
- Lasers (Gas lasers)
- Calculators or accessories (Hand calculators)
- Hardness testers
- Refrigerated and heated reach in environmental or growth chambers (Humidity chambers)
- Lasers (Ion lasers)
- Isolators
- Jacks (Lab jacks)
- Laboratory forceps
- Laser cutting tools (Laser cutting machines)
- Laser cutting tools (Laser drills)
- Induction heaters (Laser heat treatment equipment)
- Laser measuring systems (Laser marking machines)
- Laser welding machinery (Laser welders)
- Lasers (Liquid dye lasers)
- Integrated circuit testers (Logic pulsers)
- Loupes
- Interferometers (Mach-Zehnder interferometers)
- Magnifiers
- Semiconductor process systems (Mechanical steppers)
- Interferometers (Michelson interferometers)
- Micrometers
- Positioning jig (Micropositioners)
- Monochromators
- Multimeters (Multifunction digital multimeters)
- Surface testers (Non contact profilometers)
- Optical mounts (Optical alignment scopes)
- Comparators (Optical comparators)
- Optical mounts
- Power meters (Optical power meters)
- Optical rails or bases (Optical rails)
- Interferometers (Optical spectrum analyzers)
- Oscilloscopes
- Personal computers
- Interferometers (Phase-shifting interferometers)
- Power meters (Photoelectric power meters)
- Semiconductor process systems (Plasma strippers)
- Positioning jig (Positioning stages)
- Protective gloves
- Lab coats (Protective gowns)
- Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers (Rapid thermal annealers RTA)
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens (Reflow ovens)
- Safety glasses
- Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
- Photosensitive diodes (Semiconductor detectors)
- Semiconductor testers (Semiconductor parameter analyzers)
- Interferometers (Shearing interferometers)
- Signal generators
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering irons)
- Lasers (Solid state lasers)
- Spectrometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Spherometers
- Semiconductor process systems (Sputter deposition systems)
- Refrigerated and heated reach in environmental or growth chambers (Temperature chambers)
- Interferometers (Twyman-Green interferometers)
- Semiconductor process systems (Vacuum deposition systems)
- Micrometers (Vernier micrometers)
- Semiconductor process systems (Wafer bonding systems)
- Interferometers (Wavelength meters)
- Semiconductor process systems (Wire bonders)
- Tension testers (Wire pull testers)
- Power saws (Wire saws)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Data acquisition software
- Statistical analysis software
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- ZEMAX Optical Design Program
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Image processing software
- Internet browser software
- Internet browser software
- Presentation software
- Presentation software
- Word processing software
- Word processing software
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Photonics Technicians
Special Requirements
Required Fees:
EXAM RESCHEDULING FEE
|
$100.00
|
HAND SCORING OF EXAM
|
$50.00
|
APPLICATION REVIEW FEE
|
$100.00
|
CERTIFICATION REINSTATEMENT
|
$50.00
|
ANNUAL REGISTRY FEE
|
$40.00
|
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE FEE
|
$10.00
|
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Photonics Technicians
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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73.00 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
70.00 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
66.00 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
64.00 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
61.00 | Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes. |
60.50 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
57.00 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Photonics Technicians
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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65.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
62.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
59.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
59.50 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
56.25 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
56.25 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
56.25 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
56.25 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
53.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photonics Technicians
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
62.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
62.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
62.50 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
62.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
62.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
62.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
56.25 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
56.25 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
56.25 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Photonics Technicians
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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80.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
78.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
77.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
74.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
73.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
70.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
70.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
68.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
68.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
66.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
64.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
64.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
60.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
60.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
58.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
58.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
55.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
55.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
54.00 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
54.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
53.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
53.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
53.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
52.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photonics Technicians
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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89.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
81.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
75.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
72.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
71.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
71.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
70.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
70.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
66.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
64.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
62.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
60.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
52.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photonics Technicians
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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61.17 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
61.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
55.50 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Photonics Technicians
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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94.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
89.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
88.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
87.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
84.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
79.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
76.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
76.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
74.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
72.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
72.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
71.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
71.20 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
68.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
64.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
64.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
63.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
63.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
62.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
61.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
59.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
59.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
58.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
57.60 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
56.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
55.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
53.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
52.80 | Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection? |
52.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
51.20 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
49.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
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Photonics Technicians
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Photonics Technicians
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $38,570.00 | $65,520.00 | $85,930.00 |
Virginia | $54,720.00 | $86,800.00 | $98,800.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
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United States | 77,300 | 78,900 | +2.1% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Related Occupations
Related Occupations
The related occupations here have similar general capabilities and interests; career explorers may also be interested in the related occupations:- Photonics Engineers
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Robotics Technicians
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
- Automotive Engineering Technicians
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Microsystems Engineers
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- Electrical Engineers
- Medical Equipment Repairers
- Mechatronics Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Robotics Engineers
- Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
- Materials Scientists
Careers in Manufacturing Production Process Development Pathway:
- Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
- Automotive Engineering Technicians
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians
- Chemical Technicians
- Drafters, All Other
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Drafters
- Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
- Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Mechanical Drafters
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
- Nuclear Technicians
- Photonics Technicians
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
- Robotics Technicians
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Occupations
The data sources for the information displayed here include: New York State Department of Labor; New Jersey Department of Labor; California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee; CareerOneStop. (Using onet28)
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Aircraft Structures
- Artillery and Gunnery
- Electronic Countermeasures
- Fabric, Leather, and Rubber, General
- Metalworking, General
- Navigation, Communication, and Countermeasure, N.E.C.
- Navigators
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
- Radar
- Sonar Operator, General
- Sonar, General
- Fire Controlman
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Defense Manpower Data Center. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Titles
- Fiber Optic Technician
- Laser Specialist
- Laser Technician
- Laser/Electro-Optics Technician (LEOT)
- Optical Engineering Technician
- Optical Manufacturing Technician
- Optics Test Technician
- Optoelectronic Technician
- Photonics Engineering Technician
- Photonics Engineering Technologist
- Photonics Technician
- Thin-film Technician
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Related Schools
- Brightpoint Community College
- Central Virginia Community College
- Centura College-Norfolk
- Centura College-Virginia Beach
- DeVry University-Virginia
- ECPI University
- Mountain Empire Community College
- New River Community College
- Norfolk State University
- Paul D Camp Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Virginia Highlands Community College
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)