Optical engineering

A Precision Optics ( Switzerland: precision opticians ) is a specialist for processing optically effective surfaces. The grinding of lenses, glass plates and prisms is as important for activity of the training profession how to control and coating optical surfaces. It is used both by hand as well as computer - aided manufacturing (CAM).

Tasks and activities

For optical devices such as telescopes and binoculars, microscopes and magnifying glasses, projection equipment, medical diagnostic equipment and Astro lenses produce precision optics components such as lenses, prisms, plane and cylindrical optical components. They handle glass and acrylic glass and other optically active materials such as crystals, plastics and metals.

Made of glass blocks they first make her so-called blanks, which they - as well as glass casting specially produced - grind into the desired shape. They then polish the blanks, whereby the surfaces of polished optics are transparent. Center the lenses produced, that is, they judge the lens on the optical axis. Finish-ground lenses, prisms or optical flats they pay by coating, anti-reflective and mirror coating of the surfaces. In order to ensure the required accuracy of their products, they control the work during and after each processing step, for example, coordinate measuring machines, lasers and interferometers.

For her work, Precision Optics put a numerically controlled machines (CNC ) and CAM production, they also set up professionally. They monitor the production process, questions Troubleshooting the cause and fix them, or cause to resolve them. Although a large part of the work can be carried out by machine, hand work is still required for many operations.

Precision optician working in the trade or industrial production of optical or precision instruments, of products of the measurement, control and communication equipment, photographic and projection equipment as well as in the wholesale of optical products. Here they work in workshops, warehouses and laboratories.

Training

Germany

Precision Optics is a recognized profession by the Vocational Training Act ( Vocational Training Act) and the Crafts Code ( HwO ). He is not associated with a career field. The mono profession is offered without specialization by field or focus on industry and handicraft. The training period is 3.5 years.

Austria

In Austria Precision Optics is a teaching professional with 3.5 years of apprenticeship. Austrian apprentices receive a dual training in vocational schools and enterprises in the optical industry, or finely at opticians as in Germany. The related apprenticeships optician can be completed with a reduced teaching time. The successful completion of the final examination is a prerequisite for the further qualification to the Master. In Austria, the final examination also allows access to vocational Matura ( Berufsreifeprüfung ) and hence to further higher qualifications, eg at colleges.

Switzerland

In Switzerland, precision optician is a teaching profession with a 4-year apprenticeship. Learners in Switzerland received a dual training at vocational schools and enterprises in the optical industry as in Austria and Germany. The successful completion of the final exam will be confirmed with the Federal Certificate of Competence " learned / r Precision Optician / in " or " precision optician / EFZ ". Depending on the academic performance can be visited during basic training the Vocational School.

Swell

• Precision Optics in Berufenet the Federal Employment Agency
• Teaching profession Encyclopedia 2009; Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth ( ed.). Vienna 2009
• Job Description Precision Optics ( teaching ) in career information computer (BIC, career counseling portal of Austria Economic Chamber), accessed on 25 July 2010.
• Job Description Precision optics ( teaching ) of the online portal by the Swiss service center vocational training, occupational, educational and career counseling SDBB