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Where an optomechanical engineering technician can go next

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

Optomechanical engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of optomechanical devices, such as optical tables, deformable mirrors, and optical mounts. Optomechanical engineering technicians build, install, test, and maintain optomechanical equipment prototypes. They determine materials and assembly requirements.

Also known as technologist in optical systems, technician in optomechanical systems, assistant in optomechanical engineering, optomechanical technician, optomechanical engineering assistant, technologist in optomechanical systems, optomechanical technologist.

Technicians and associate professionals 51 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: photonics engineering technician, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
photonics engineering technic… 70% covered optoelectronic engineering te… 67% covered microsystem engineering techn… 48% covered sensor engineering technician 47% covered microelectronics engineering … 40% covered optomechanical engineerin… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from optomechanical engineering technician, 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 optomechanical engineering technician 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 optomechanical engineering technician needs 29 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
  • assemble optomechanical equipment handling and moving
  • optomechanical devices engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • apply optical coating constructing
  • clean optical components handling and moving
  • optomechanical components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • optomechanical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • optical components health and welfare
  • optical equipment standards services
  • optical manufacturing process engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • refractive power natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an optomechanical engineering technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Optomechanical engineering technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an optomechanical engineering technician’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.