Career Details

Photonics Technician Operator

Description

Photonics technicians work in jobs where they assemble, measure, test, and repair optical components such as lenses, mirrors, filters, fiber optics and electro-optic or other photonics devices plus optical sources such as lasers and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Technicians typically work in applications where photonics is an "enabling technology"- such as manufacturing/materials processing, internet/communications, biomedical equipment, and defense/homeland security systems development/integration. Due to the high technical standards and safety issues involved, technicians will receive specialized training in both knowledge and hands-on skill items. The knowledge component comprises of four separate exams totaling 233 questions. These four exams must be taken within a two year period.

Certifying Organization

ETA International

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Certificates

Certificate name

Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional

Certifying Organization

Association of Energy Engineers

Type

Advanced

Certificate name

Certified Fiber Optic Technician

Certifying Organization

The Fiber Optic Association Inc.

Type

Core

Certificate name

Certified Laser Repair Technician

Certifying Organization

National Council on Laser Certification

Type

Specialty

Photonics Engineers

Median Annual Income

$111,970

Projected Job Growth

+5 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Design technologies specializing in light information or light energy, such as laser or fiber optics technology.

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Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

Median Annual Income

$77,830

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Median Annual Income

$72,800

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.

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Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

Median Annual Income

$65,080

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.

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Robotics Technicians

Median Annual Income

$65,080

Projected Job Growth

-1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.

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Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Median Annual Income

$62,610

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.

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Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Median Annual Income

$62,610

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Implement production processes and operate commercial-scale production equipment to produce, test, or modify materials, devices, or systems of unique molecular or macromolecular composition. Operate advanced microscopy equipment to manipulate nanoscale objects. Work under the supervision of nanoengineering staff.

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Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Median Annual Income

$64,020

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Apply theory and principles of mechanical engineering to modify, develop, test, or adjust machinery and equipment under direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.

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Calibration Technologists and Technicians

Median Annual Income

$62,790

Projected Job Growth

+6 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

Associate's degree

Execute or adapt procedures and techniques for calibrating measurement devices, by applying knowledge of measurement science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and electronics, sometimes under the direction of engineering staff. Determine measurement standard suitability for calibrating measurement devices. May perform preventive maintenance on equipment. May perform corrective actions to address identified calibration problems.

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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Median Annual Income

$66,680

Projected Job Growth

+1 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

Postsecondary certificate

Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.

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