Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an optical instrument repairer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an optical instrument repairer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Optical instrument repairers repair optical instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, camera optics, and compasses. They test the instruments to ensure they function properly. In a military context they also read blueprints to be able to repair the instruments.

Also known as optical instrument technician, binoculars repairer, ophthalmic instrument repairer, telescopes repairer, optical instruments repairer, telescope repairer, optical instrument engineer, optical instruments worker, ophthalmic instruments repairer, optical instrument worker, optical instruments technician, binocular repairer.

Craft and related trades workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: optical instrument assembler, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
optical instrument assembler 58% covered photographic equipment assemb… 45% covered optical instrument production… 32% covered optomechanical engineering te… 31% covered optoelectronic engineering te… 29% covered optical instrument repair… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from optical instrument repairer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an optical instrument repairer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An optical instrument repairer needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • glass tempering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate automated optical inspection machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate optical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair optical equipment handling and moving
  • use tools for construction and repair handling and moving
  • verify lenses compliance information skills
  • operate optical measuring equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • optical equipment standards services
  • smooth glass surface handling and moving
  • operate optical assembly equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an optical instrument repairer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Optical instrument repairer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an optical instrument repairer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.