Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from photonics engineering technician. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a photonics engineering technician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.