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Career Guidance Knowledge health and welfare K091 - health K0914 - medical diagnostic and treatment technology Optical components
Description
The components and materials necessary for building optical instruments, such as lenses and frames.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 8 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)
Essential for
- Optical instrument assemblerOptical instrument assemblers read blueprints and assembly drawings to assemble lenses and optical instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, projection equipment, and medical d…
- Photonics engineering technicianPhotonics engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of photonic systems or components, usually in the form of optical equipment, such as lasers, lenses,…
- Optoelectronic engineerOptoelectronic engineers design and develop optoelectronic systems and devices, such as UV sensors, photodiodes, and LEDs. Optoelectronic engineering combines optical engineering w…
- Optical instrument production supervisorOptical instrument production supervisors coordinate, plan and direct the optical instrument production process. They make sure the optical glass is processed properly and optical …
- Photonics engineerPhotonics engineers are concerned with the generation, transmission, transformation, and detection of light. They conduct research, design, assemble, test and deploy photonic compo…
- Optomechanical engineerOptomechanical engineers design and develop optomechanical systems, devices, and components, such as optical mirrors and optical mounts. Optomechanical engineering combines optical…
- Optomechanical engineering technicianOptomechanical engineering technicians collaborate with engineers in the development of optomechanical devices, such as optical tables, deformable mirrors, and optical mounts. Opto…
- Optoelectronic engineering technicianOptoelectronic engineering technicians collaborate with engineers to develop optoelectronic systems and components, such as photodiodes, optical sensors, lasers, and LEDs. Optoelec…
Related skills
- Test optical components
- Optical manufacturing process
- Operate optical assembly equipment
- Microoptics
- Optics
- Types of optical instruments
- Optical engineering
- Maintain optical equipment
- Optical equipment standards
- Optical glass characteristics
- Refractive power
- Electromagnetic spectrum
Last updated on February 19, 2026
