Also called: Image Intensifier Tube Technician, Night Vision Repair Technician
Builds, tests and repairs night-vision goggles that turn faint starlight into a bright picture for soldiers, pilots and rescuers.
In a pitch-black test room you look through goggles at target charts lit like a moonless night and measure how sharp the image is. You swap a fogged lens, adjust focus, or replace a weak image tube. Some days you hand-assemble tubes in a clean room wearing a bunny suit.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree in electronics or optics, or military electronics training.
Ways in: 2-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Optics Technology, Electronics Technology.
Growing about average. Steady military and law-enforcement demand.
Low risk for 10 years. Automated testers measure tubes faster; delicate assembly and repairs in clean rooms stay hands-on.
Classes: Physics, Electronics CTE, Algebra.
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