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Where a photonics engineering technician can go next

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

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.

Also known as photonics engineering technologist, photonic systems engineering technician, laser technician, electro-optical technologist, technician in photonic systems, photonics technician, photonic systems technician, technician in photonics, electro-optical technician, optical systems technician, optical systems technologist.

Technicians and associate professionals 61 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: optomechanical engineering technician, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
optomechanical engineering te… 75% covered sensor engineering technician 56% covered microelectronics engineering … 53% covered microsystem engineering techn… 50% covered pneumatic engineering technic… 43% covered photonics engineering tec… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from photonics 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 a photonics 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

A photonics engineering technician needs 28 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 optoelectronics handling and moving
  • apply optical coating constructing
  • clean optical components handling and moving
  • lasers engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • mount optical components on frames handling and moving
  • photonics arts and humanities
  • 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 a photonics engineering technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Photonics 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 a photonics 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.