Semiconductor Processing Technicians

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
• Record operational or production data.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Assemble precision electronics or optical equipment.
• Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.

• Adjust flow of electricity to tools or production equipment.
• Clean workpieces or finished products.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Load items into ovens or furnaces.
• Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
• Load materials into production equipment.
• Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
• Count finished products or workpieces.
• Weigh finished products.
• Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.
• Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.
• Inspect production equipment.
• Diagnose equipment malfunctions.
• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
• Engrave designs, text, or other markings onto materials, workpieces, or products.
• Operate cutting equipment.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
• Install instrumentation or electronic equipment or systems.
• Assemble equipment or components.
• Operate welding equipment.
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
• Mix substances to create chemical solutions.

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