Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following duties to assemble optical instruments, such as telescopes, level-transits, and gunsights: Reads work order, blueprints, and sketches to determine assembly procedure.

• 2) Cleans elements, using tissue, cleaning solution, and compressed air device.

• 3) Coats optical elements according to specifications.

• 4) Picks up element, using vacuum-holding device, and positions element in mounting seat of instrument housing.

• 5) Inserts and screws locking ring in housing to hold element in place.

• 6) Applies cement to rings to prevent loosening.

• 7) Assembles structural and mechanical parts of instrument according to blueprint specifications, using wrenches and screwdrivers.

• 8) Computes standard trigonometric formulas to determine distance of test target from instrument.

• 9) Positions target in darkroom tunnel and connects optical instrument to test devices, such as oscilloscope and collimator.

• 10) Sights instrument on target and reads dials to determine optical center of instrument lens and to verify specified focusing power.

• 11) Measures elements and instrument parts to verify dimensional specifications, using precision measuring instruments.

• 12) Records inspection and test data.

• 13) May set up and operate lathe to modify instrument parts.

• 14) May paint instrument parts, using brush or spray gun.

• 15) May fill instrument housing with nitrogen gas to minimize corrosive effects on internal optical surfaces, using vacuum pump.