Florida Department of Education
Curriculum Framework 

Program Title:	Laser and Photonics Technician
Career Cluster:	Manufacturing

College Credit Certificate	
CIP Number	0615030411	
Program Type	College Credit Certificate (CCC)	
Program Length	12 credit hours	
CTSO	SkillsUSA	
SOC Codes (all applicable) 	For program SOC codes, please see the Program and Course Tables section of the CTE Program Resources page linked below.	
CTE Program Resources 	http://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/career-tech-edu/program-resources.stml	

Purpose

This certificate program is part of the Electronics Engineering Technology AS degree program (1615030301).

A College Credit Certificate consists of a program of instruction of less than sixty (60) credits of college-level courses, which is part of an AS or AAS degree program and prepares students for entry into employment (Rule 6A-14.030, F.A.C.).

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the manufacturing career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the manufacturing career cluster. 

The content includes but is not limited to communications skills, leadership skills, human relations skills, employability skills, safe and efficient work practices, use of circuit diagrams and schematics, soldering, laboratory practices and technical recording and reporting.

Additional Information relevant to this Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is provided at the end of this document.

Program Structure    

This program is a planned sequence of instruction consisting 12 credit hours.

When developing the course sequence for the local implementation of this program, select courses that:
•	Meet the skill development requirements of the standards and benchmarks of this program.
•	Where reasonable and practicable, align with programs offered by your institution or other postsecondary institutions in Florida, including: 
o	Related AS and AAS degrees.
o	Baccalaureate degrees within the same career pathway and/or Federal CIP code.

Visit FloridaShines’ Discover Programs website to identify other institutions that offer similar programs to review their course sequencing. Where appropriate, course alignment between institutions offering related programs can facilitate interagency student articulation.

Visit FloridaShines’ Common Prerequisites Manual to identify courses that are prerequisites for admission into an upper division program.  When sub-baccalaureate courses are aligned to the course admissions requirements of baccalaureate programs with the same career pathway, students can enter upper division coursework seamlessly.   

Florida’s Career Readiness Skills for CTE Programs

Employability Skills	
01.0	Apply academic skills to workplace scenarios.	
01.01	Use reading skills.	
01.02	Use writing skills.	
01.03	Use mathematical strategies and procedures.	
01.04	Use scientific principles and procedures.	
02.0	Design a solution to an industry problem.	
02.01	Use critical thinking.	
02.02	Use creativity.	
02.03	Make sound decisions.	
02.04	Solve problems.	
02.05	Reason. 	
02.06	Plan and organize.	
03.0	Manage resources within an industry project	
03.01	Manage time.	
03.02	Manage money or resources.	
03.03	Manage materials.	
03.04	Manage personnel.	
04.0	Oversee the subcomponents, operations and output of a technical or organizational system.	
04.01	Manage systems.	
04.02	Monitor systems.	
04.03	Improve systems.	
05.0	Use information for decision making.	
05.01	Locate information.	
05.02	Organize information.	
05.03	Use information.	
05.04	Analyze information.	
05.05	Communicate information.	
06.0	Apply relevant technology to workplace scenarios to aid productivity.	
06.01	Use technology.	
07.0	Interpret and express interpersonal communication.	
07.01	Communicate verbally.	
07.02	Listen actively.	
07.03	Comprehend written material.	
07.04	Convey information in writing.	
07.05	Communicate nonverbally.	
07.06	Interpret nonverbal communication.	
08.0	Interact with others to accomplish workplace goals.	
08.01	Collaborate with others in a team.	
08.02	Respond to customer needs.	
08.03	Exercise leadership.	
08.04	Negotiate to resolve conflict.	
08.05	Respect others.	
09.0	Manage personal behavior to maximize productivity and professional growth.	
09.01	Demonstrate responsibility and self-discipline.	
09.02	Adapt and show flexibility.	
09.03	Work independently.	
09.04	Demonstrate a willingness to learn.	
09.05	Demonstrate integrity.	
09.06	Demonstrate professionalism.	
09.07	Take initiative.	
09.08	Display positive attitude.	
09.09	Take responsibility for professional growth.	
Job Attainment	
10.0	Find, assess and apply to job opportunities.	
10.01	Identify online job posts relevant to his or her career aspirations.	
10.02	Compare and contrast the job posts’ required qualifications, job duties, compensation, benefits and employers. 	
10.03	Define what information, documentation and writing prompts are required for the positions.	
11.0	Communicate personal competence, character and fit for a job opportunity.	
11.01	Develop a resume.	
11.02	Write a cover letter.	
11.03	Curate a professional portfolio that includes work products.	
11.04	Prepare for and experience a mock job interview.	
12.0	Cultivate and leverage relationships to professionally advance.	
12.01	Request a signed reference letter, letter of recommendation and/or an online skill/professionalism endorsement. 	
12.02	Develop a plan to cultivate a professional digital footprint.	
12.03	Develop a networking plan for a specific industry of interest.	

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

01.0	Demonstrate proficiency in laboratory practices. 
02.0	Demonstrate proficiency in direct current (DC) circuits.
03.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) circuits.
04.0	Demonstrate proficiency in advanced direct current (DC) circuit network analysis.
05.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) network and coupled circuit analysis.
06.0	Demonstrate proficiency in photonics, optics, and lasers.
07.0	Demonstrate proficiency in electro-optical devices.
08.0	Demonstrate proficiency in technical recording and reporting.

Florida Department of Education
Student Performance Standards

Program Title:		Laser and Photonics Technician
CIP Number:	0615030411
Program Length:	12 credit hours

This certificate program is part of the Electronics Engineering Technology AS degree program (1615030301).  At the completion of this program, the student will be able to:	
01.0	Demonstrate proficiency in laboratory practices.  The student will be able to: 	
01.01	Apply Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards in an electronics laboratory environment when required.	
01.02	Analyze drawings and electronic schematics to make proper electrical and component connections and to also identify obvious faulty connections.	
01.03	Identify and use electrical/electronic hand and power tools (wire stripper, wire needle-nose clipper, solder and desolder station, etc.).	
01.04	Explain the theoretical and practical concepts of soldering including soldering paste and conductive glue.	
01.05	Identify non-functional solder connections.	
01.06	Practice acceptable soldering, de-soldering, rework, and repair techniques.	
01.07	Practice electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety procedures.	
01.08	Describe the construction of printed circuit boards (PCBs).	
01.09	Use circuit simulation programs to solve problems, verify circuit functionality and design circuits.	
01.10	Demonstrate the use of instrumentation and module analytical software.	
01.11	Read and interpret data sheet specifications for electronic components.	
01.12	Identify basic limitations of multi-meters, oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies.	
01.13	Use digital multi-meters (DMM), oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies to build, analyze and trouble shoot electrical/electronic circuits.	
02.0	Demonstrate proficiency in direct current (DC) circuits.  The student will be able to: 	
02.01	Describe the physical laws that govern electricity and magnetism.	
02.02	Identify sources of electricity.	
02.03	Define voltage, current, resistance, power and energy.	
02.04	Apply Ohm's law and power formulas to electrical/electronic circuits.	
02.05	Read and interpret color codes and symbols to identify electrical components and values.	
02.06	Measure properties of a circuit and electronic components using Digital Multimeters (DMM), LCR meters and oscilloscopes.	
02.07	Calculate and measure the conductance and resistance of conductors and insulators.	
02.08	Solve problems in electronics utilizing metric prefixes.	
02.09	Apply Ohm's law and Kirchoff's voltage and current laws to solve series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.	
02.10	Construct and verify operation of series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.	
02.11	Analyze and troubleshoot series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits.	
02.12	Apply Ohm's law and Kirchoff's voltage and current laws to bridge circuits.	
02.13	Construct and verify the operation of bridge circuits.	
02.14	Analyze and troubleshoot bridge circuits.	
02.15	Identify and define voltage divider circuits (loaded and unloaded).	
02.16	Construct and verify the operation of voltage divider circuits (loaded and unloaded).	
02.17	Analyze and troubleshoot voltage divider circuits (loaded and unloaded).	
02.18	Apply maximum power transfer theory to determine the conditions under which maximum power transfer occurs in a circuit.	
02.19	Construct and verify the operation of DC circuits that demonstrate the maximum power transfer theory.	
02.20	Describe magnetic properties of circuits and devices.	
02.21	Define resistor-capacitor (R-C) and resistor-inductor (R-L) time constants and classify the output of differentiators and integrators.	
02.22	Setup and operate power supplies for DC circuits.	
03.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) circuits.  The student will be able to: 	
03.01	Use Trigonometry to solve AC circuits.	
03.02	Identify properties of an AC signal.	
03.03	Identify AC sources.	
03.04	Analyze and measure AC signals utilizing DMM's, oscilloscope, frequency counter and function generator.	
03.05	Define the characteristics of AC capacitive and inductive circuits.	
03.06	Construct and verify the operation of AC capacitive and inductive circuits.	
03.07	Analyze and troubleshoot AC capacitive and inductive circuits.	
03.08	Define and apply the principles of transformers to AC circuits.	
03.09	Construct and verify the operation of AC circuits utilizing transformers.	
03.10	Analyze and troubleshoot AC circuits utilizing transformers.	
03.11	Construct and verify the operation of passive differentiators and integrators to determine R-C and R-L time constants.	
03.12	Compute the impedance of passive RC, RL, and RLC circuits.	
03.13	Analyze and troubleshoot passive differentiator and integrator circuits.	
03.14	Define the characteristics of resistive, inductive, and capacitive (RLC) circuits (series, parallel and complex).	
03.15	Construct and verify the operation of RLC circuits (series, parallel and complex).	
03.16	Define the characteristics of series and parallel resonant circuits.	
03.17	Construct and verify the operation of series and parallel resonant circuits.	
03.18	Analyze and troubleshoot R-C, R-L and RLC circuits.	
03.19	Define the characteristics of frequency selective filter circuits.	
03.20	Construct and verify the operation of frequency selective filter circuits.	
03.21	Analyze and troubleshoot frequency selective filter circuits.	
03.22	Define the characteristics of three-phase circuits.	
03.23	Define basic motor theory and operation.	
03.24	Define basic generator theory and operation.	
03.25	Setup and operate power supplies for AC circuits.	
03.26	Analyze and measure power in AC circuits.	
03.27	Define power factor and power factor correction in AC circuits.	
04.0	Demonstrate proficiency in advanced direct current (DC) circuit network analysis.  The student will be able to: 	
04.01	Analyze multi source circuits using superposition theorem.	
04.02	Analyze circuits using Thevenin's theorem.	
04.03	Analyze circuits using Norton's theorem.	
04.04	Use or understand branch current, Nodal, source transformation and/or mesh current methods to analyze DC circuits.	
04.05	Analyze circuits using maximum power transfer theorem.	
05.0	Demonstrate proficiency in alternating current (AC) network and coupled circuit analysis.  The student will be able to: 	
05.01	Explain the principles of electromagnetism.	
05.02	Apply Faraday's law of induced voltages to simple solenoids.	
05.03	Solve for mutual inductance in a coupled circuit.	
05.04	Use or understand branch current, nodal, source transformation and/or mesh current methods to analyze AC circuits.	
05.05	Identify the effects of transient spikes in RC, RL, and RLC circuits.	
05.06	Identify the effects of loading on transformers.	
05.07	Analyze multi source circuits using superposition theorem.	
05.08	Analyze circuits using Thevenin's theorem.	
05.09	Analyze circuits using Norton's theorem.	
05.10	Analyze circuits using maximum power transfer theorem.	
05.11	Design and Simulate AC Circuits using engineering software.	
06.0	Demonstrate proficiency in photonics, optics, and lasers.  The student will be able to:	
06.01	Describe the nature and properties of light.	
06.02	Demonstrate the proper handling of optical components and positioning equipment.	
06.03	Describe the different light sources used in the photonics industry.	
06.04	Demonstrate understanding of laser safety for both beam and non-beam hazards.	
06.05	Setup and operate basic optical systems. 	
06.06	Demonstrate understanding of geometrical and physical optics.	
06.07	Demonstrate understanding of the principles of lasers.	
06.08	List and describe the operational characteristics of lasers.	
06.09	Categorize and explain the operation of lasers.	
06.10	Explain the construction, operation, and applications of optical detectors.	
06.11	Explain the principles of human vision and related laser safety issues.	
06.12	List and explain the characteristics of photonic devices used for imaging, display and storage. 	
06.13	Explain a fiber optic datalink.	
06.14	Demonstrate understanding of attenuation in fiber optics links (including the loss of all fiber, splices and connectors).	
06.15	Demonstrate how to terminate single and multi-mode connectors.	
06.16	Perform fusion splicing of fiber.	
06.17	Conduct optical power source measurements.	
06.18	Conduct and interpret OTDR measurements.	
06.19	Properly arrange fibers in splice cassettes.	
07.0	Demonstrate proficiency in electro-optical devices.  The student will be able to:	
07.01	Demonstrate proficiency in fundamentals of light.	
07.02	Demonstrate proficiency in reflection, refraction, and mirrors.	
07.03	Demonstrate proficiency in measurement of maximum power and pulse energy.	
07.04	Define radiation sources, their types, properties, and applications.	
07.05	Demonstrate proficiency in measurement of detector rise time.	
07.06	Demonstrate proficiency in prisms, optical filters, resonator, and beam splitters.	
07.07	Demonstrate proficiency in characteristics of a helium-neon laser.	
07.08	Demonstrate proficiency in the use of photo detectors, and LEDs.	
07.09	Demonstrate proficiency in bandwidth in optical power measurements.	
07.10	Demonstrate proficiency in different applications of solid-state lasers.	
07.11	Demonstrate proficiency in explaining and describing different types of gases used as active media or lasers.	
07.12	Demonstrate proficiency in calculating the power, irradiance and area of a laser beam.	
07.13	Demonstrate proficiency in energy-transfer processes that increase the lower lasing level in gas lasers and solid-state lasers.	
07.14	Explain the processes that account for all the light energy striking a surface.	
07.15	Demonstrate proficiency in safety precautions when operating a laser.	
07.16	Demonstrate proficiency in four elements of a laser.	
08.0	Demonstrate proficiency in technical recording and reporting.  The student will be able to: 	
08.01	Use computer application programs (e.g., word processor, database, spreadsheet) to create reports and record and analyze data.	
08.02	Use schematic capture and simulation programs to create figures and gather data for technical reporting.	
08.03	Write reports and make oral presentations.	
08.04	Maintain a lab notebook documenting procedures, activities, observations, calculations, and results of conducted experiments. 	

Additional Information

Laboratory Activities

Laboratory investigations that include scientific inquiry, research, measurement, problem solving, emerging technologies, tools and equipment, as well as, experimental, quality, and safety procedures are an integral part of this career and technical program/course. Laboratory investigations benefit all students by developing an understanding of the complexity and ambiguity of empirical work, as well as the skills required to manage, operate, calibrate and troubleshoot equipment/tools used to make observations. Students understand measurement error; and have the skills to aggregate, interpret, and present the resulting data. Equipment and supplies should be provided to enhance hands-on experiences for students. 

Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

CTSOs are co-curricular career and technical student organizations providing leadership training and reinforcing specific career and technical skills. Career and Technical Student Organizations provide activities for students as an integral part of the instruction offered. Other CTSOs not listed in this curriculum framework or recognized by the Florida Department of Education are permissible provided they support student mastery over the standards and benchmarks of this curriculum framework.

Accommodations

Federal and state legislation requires the provision of accommodations for students with disabilities to meet individual needs and ensure equal access. Postsecondary students with disabilities must self-identify, present documentation, request accommodations if needed, and develop a plan with their counselor and/or instructors. Accommodations received in postsecondary education may differ from those received in secondary education. Accommodations change the way the student is instructed. Students with disabilities may need accommodations in such areas as instructional methods and materials, assignments and assessments, time demands and schedules, learning environment, assistive technology and special communication systems. Documentation of the accommodations requested and provided should be maintained in a confidential file.