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Photonics Engineers

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

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Parachute skills

  1. Use my brain - Data (4.54)
  2. Pay attention to details - Data (4.50)
  3. Create, innovate, invent - Data (4.17)
  4. Follow through, get things done - People (4.00)
  5. Imagine - Data (4.00)
  6. Design, use artistic abilities, be original - Data (4.00)
  7. Work with numbers, compute - Data (3.75)
  8. Use my intuition - Data (3.62)
  9. Synthesize, combine parts into a whole - Data (3.62)
  10. Organize, classify - Data (3.62)
  11. Listen - People (3.50)
  12. Communicate well, in writing - People (3.50)

ONET Skills

ONET Abilities

ONET Work Styles
  1. Critical Thinking (4.12)
  2. Reading Comprehension (3.50)
  3. Mathematics (3.50)
  1. Deductive Reasoning (3.75)
  2. Mathematical Reasoning (3.75)
  3. Problem Sensitivity (3.62)
  4. Information Ordering (3.62)
  5. Oral Comprehension (3.50)
  6. Written Comprehension (3.50)
  7. Written Expression (3.50)
  8. Fluency of Ideas (3.50)
  9. Originality (3.50)
  10. Inductive Reasoning (3.50)
  11. Number Facility (3.50)
  1. Analytical Thinking (4.54)
  2. Attention to Detail (4.50)
  3. Innovation (4.17)
  4. Achievement/Effort (4.04)
  5. Initiative (4.04)
  6. Persistence (4.00)
  7. Integrity (4.00)
  8. Dependability (3.96)
  9. Adaptability/Flexibility (3.92)
  10. Cooperation (3.88)
  11. Independence (3.71)

Work Activities

Detailed Work Activities
  1. Analyzing Data or Information (4.65)
  2. Processing Information (4.38)
  3. Making Decisions and Solving Problems (4.38)
  4. Getting Information (4.33)
  5. Interacting With Computers (4.33)
  6. Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information (4.00)
  7. Thinking Creatively (4.00)
  8. Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (3.96)
  9. Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (3.91)
  10. Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (3.83)
  11. Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment (3.75)
  12. Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards (3.67)
  13. Documenting/Recording Information (3.67)
  14. Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (3.58)
  15. Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others (3.52)
  1. There are currently no detailed activities.