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OP-TEC Releases Skill Standards for Precision Optics Technicians...
The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC) recently published the National Precision Optics Skill Standards for Technicians produced through a supplemental grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the need and feasibility for a national multi-year project to initiate college programs to educate and train Precision Optics Technicians.