Most technician jobs are associated with computers or electronics and require formal training, with at least a technical school diploma and preferably a B.Sc. Telescope technicians need the intuition of a good mechanic as they often need to troubleshoot malfunctioning equipment. The number of technician job openings is small, but jobs do open up occasionally with the development of new facilities. Computer technicians are referred to another section. Electronics technicians typically troubleshoot systems.
Liquid nitrogen is used in our CCD cameras .