Description
Etch designs, lettering, patterns, or circuitry onto metal, glass, plastic, or other materials using chemical, photoresist, or abrasive processes. Set up masks and equipment, prepare etchants, run exposures and etch cycles, and inspect results to meet specifications.
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Customer and Personal Service
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
- • Design
- • Mechanical
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
- • Quality Control Analysis
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Fluency of Ideas
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Related specializations
Interview options
Interview options
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Interview time
Source
Tasks & skills:
O*NET occupational data (work activities, skills, knowledge).
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
