optical instrument assemblertophotographic equipment assembler
A optical instrument assembler already meets 78% of what the photographic equipment assembler role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
78%
33.3/ 100
1 Share of the photographic equipment assembler role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the optical instrument assembler profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A photographic equipment assembler role treats 25 of its required skills as things a optical instrument assembler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply optical coating
- centre lenses
- clean optical components
- cut glass
- ensure conformity to specifications
- glass coatings
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 44 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A photographic equipment assembler role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a optical instrument assembler background worth leading with.
- already held centre lenses handling and moving
- already held join lenses handling and moving
- already held grind glass handling and moving
- already held operate optical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held glass tempering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held apply optical coating constructing
All 44 carried skills, including the 25 the photographic equipment assembler role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held digital camera sensors required
- required, not held cameras required
- required, not held photographic lenses required
- required, not held select camera apertures required
- optional, not held maintain photographic equipment optional
- optional, not held operate optical measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
- required, not held electronics required
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- required, not held assemble cameras required
- optional, not held assemble electronic units optional
- optional, not held interpret circuit diagrams optional
- optional, not held interpret technical information for electronic repair work optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a photographic equipment assembler role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble cameras skill · occupation specific
- 02 digital camera sensors knowledge · sector specific
- 03 select camera apertures skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 44 skills that carry over
- already held apply optical coating skill
- already held centre lenses skill
- already held clean optical components skill
- already held cut glass skill
- already held ensure conformity to specifications skill
- already held glass coatings knowledge
- already held grind glass skill
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held join lenses skill
- already held manipulate glass skill
- already held meet deadlines skill
- already held operate optical assembly equipment skill
- already held operate optical equipment skill
- already held operate precision measuring equipment skill
- already held optical equipment standards knowledge
- already held optical glass characteristics knowledge
- already held optical manufacturing process knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read assembly drawings skill
- already held remove defective products skill
- already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
- already held smooth glass surface skill
- already held use precision tools skill
- already held verify lenses compliance skill
- already held wear cleanroom suit skill
- already held adjust manufacturing equipment skill
- already held apply health and safety standards skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held glass tempering knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held maintain optical equipment skill
- already held monitor machine operations skill
- already held optical engineering knowledge
- already held optics knowledge
- already held optoelectronic devices knowledge
- already held order optical supplies skill
- already held process customer orders skill
- already held refractive power knowledge
- already held repair optical equipment skill
- already held replace defect components skill
- already held resolve equipment malfunctions skill
- already held test optical components skill
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held interpret circuit diagrams optional
- optional, not held interpret technical information for electronic repair work optional
- optional, not held maintain photographic equipment optional
- optional, not held operate optical measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held write records for repairs optional
- optional, not held assemble electronic units optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held maintain electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
7 held skills the photographic equipment assembler role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role colour glass skill
- not needed by the target role cut lenses for eyeglasses skill
- not needed by the target role microoptics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mount optical components on frames skill
- not needed by the target role optical components knowledge
- not needed by the target role optomechanical devices knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of optical instruments knowledge
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held digital camera sensors required
- required, not held cameras required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held photographic lenses required
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.