SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202421497
Optical engineer
Optical engineer designs and develops different industrial applications with optics. He/she applies knowledge of light, light transmission principles, and optics to design engineering specs of equipment such as microscopes, lenses, telescopes, lasers and other optical devices.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Optical engineer designs and develops different industrial applications with optics. He/she applies knowledge of light, light transmission principles, and optics to design engineering specs of equipment such as microscopes, lenses, telescopes, lasers and other optical devices.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Photonics engineer • Laser engineer
Elsewhere
• Optics physicist, see 21110
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSSub-major
21 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALSMinor group
214 ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS ICorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 21497 — Optical engineer
ISCO-08
- 2149 — Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.