Analyzers will often perform the following tasks:

• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Inspectors should be great at:

• Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

• Selecting, purchasing, setting up, operating, or troubleshooting state of the art laser cutting equipment.
• Analyzing, fabricating, or testing fiber optic links.
• Designing electro optical sensing or imaging systems.
• Designing laser machining equipment for purposes such as high speed ablation.
• Developing laser processed designs, such as laser cutting medical devices.
• Determining commercial, industrial, scientific, or other uses for electro optical applications or devices.
• Conducting researching on new photonics technologies.
• Designing, integrating, or testing photonics systems or components.
• Analyzing system performance or operational requirements.
• Conducting testing for determining functionality or optimization or to establishing limits of photonics systems or components.
• Designing gas lasers, solid state lasers, infrared, or other light emitting or light sensitive devices.
• Determining applications of photonics appropriate to meet product objectives or features.