ISCO Occupation Group 3111.11 Physics Technician
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Physics Technician: Physics technicians monitor physical processes and perform tests for manufacturing, educational or scientific purposes. They work in laboratories, schools or production facilities where they assist physicists in their work. Physics technicians perform technical or practical work and report about their results.
Essential Skills
- Use Measurement Instruments
- Scientific Research Methodology
- Gather Experimental Data
- Analyse Experimental Laboratory Data
- Execute Analytical Mathematical Calculations
- Apply Safety Procedures In Laboratory
- Perform Laboratory Tests
- Physics
- Laboratory Techniques
- Report Analysis Results
- Maintain Laboratory Equipment
- Assist Scientific Research
- Apply Statistical Analysis Techniques
Optional Skills
- Calibrate Laboratory Equipment
- Statistics
- Operate Telescopes
- Write Scientific Papers
- Geology
- Apply Scientific Methods
- Astronomy
- Interpret Geophysical Data
- Mathematics
- Observe Matter
- Analyse Scientific Data
- Quantum Mechanics
- Communicate With External Laboratories
- Geophysics
- Collect Samples For Analysis
- Thermodynamics
- Operate Remote Sensing Equipment
- Acoustics
Alternative Names
- Physics Lab Technician
- Reprographics Technician
- Nuclear Physics Technician
- Medical Physics Technician
- Physicist Assistant
- Physics Assistant
- Physics Laboratory Technician
- Health Physics Technician
- Radiation Health Technician
