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Optoelectronic engineering technician

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opto-electronic technician, opto-electronic engineering technician, technician in optoelectronics, technician in optoelectronic systems, technologist in optoelectronic systems, optoelectronic systems technician, optoelectronic engineering technologist, technologist in optoelectronic engineering, optoelectronic systems technologist, optoelectronic technician

Electrical and electronic engineering

They help engineers build, test, fix and adjust light-based devices like lasers and sensors, and they read technical drawings and write down results.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Compute or record photonic test data.

  2. 2

    Maintain clean working environments, according to clean room standards.

  3. 3

    Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analysers, or energy measurement devices.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
technicien en génie optoélectronique/technicienne en génie optoélectronique
español
ingeniero técnico en optoelectrónica/ingeniera técnica en optoelectrónica
العربية
فني الهندسة الضوئية
português
Técnico de optoeletrónica/Técnica de optoeletrónica
Deutsch
Optoelektroniker/Optoelektronikerin
italiano
tecnico optoelettronico

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