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optical instrument repairer

Code 7311.3

Optical instrument repairers repair optical instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, camera optics, and compasses. They test the instruments to ensure they function properly. In a military context they also read blueprints to be able to repair the instruments.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • optical glass characteristics
  • quality standards
  • optical equipment standards
  • blueprints
  • types of optical instruments
  • glass tempering

Skills and competences

  • cut glass
  • remove defective products
  • ensure conformity to specifications
  • read engineering drawings
  • read standard blueprints
  • operate optical measuring equipment
  • operate automated optical inspection machine
  • manipulate glass
  • operate optical assembly equipment
  • operate optical equipment
  • smooth glass surface
  • perform minor repairs to equipment
  • replace defect components
  • repair optical equipment
  • use tools for construction and repair
  • verify lenses compliance

Transversal competences

  • meet deadlines
  • use precision tools

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Technical knowledge can be verified with tests and references. What never shows up on a CV are the transversal competences, and they explain most failed hires. Before closing, it pays to measure them with a standardised battery.

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences