Skills
33 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
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Essential skills / competences
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Optional knowledge
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Optional skills / competences
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Overview
Physics technicians monitor physical processes, run tests and support physicists in laboratories, schools or production facilities for manufacturing, education or scientific research.
In job descriptions, look for laboratory techniques, measurement instruments, experimental data, safety procedures, statistical analysis, equipment calibration, test reports and practical support for research.
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Physics technicians work close to experiments, instruments and physical processes. They prepare tests, gather measurements, maintain equipment and turn laboratory or production observations into usable result reports.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes laboratory techniques, physics, research method, measurement instruments, mathematical calculations, statistical analysis, safety procedures, calibration, data analysis and equipment maintenance.
Salary context
Salary context depends on laboratory type, instrument complexity, safety responsibility, data analysis depth, calibration duties, production versus research setting, reporting quality and support for physicists or external laboratories.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior laboratory technician, test engineer support, metrology, equipment calibration, research assistance, production testing, health physics, geophysical measurement or technical reporting.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name laboratories, schools or production facilities, and whether the role is mostly testing, calibration, sample work, instrument maintenance, data analysis or research support.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Chemical and physical science technicians (3111)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a9bcc9e0-5be7-47a0-818b-acad10fe90d9 |
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| ESCO code | 3111.11 |
| ISCO group | 3111 |
| Concept type | Occupation |