Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a method of handling components on a carrier, the method comprising the steps of, providing a carrier having a plurality of components supported thereon; testing the plurality of components to identify good components and bad components, wherein good components are those components which successfully pass testing and bad components are those components which fail testing; defining a first good components to be picked from the carrier; defining an integer number of components to be a jump value; locating a pickup head, which is operable to pick components from the carrier, above a first reference position on the carrier; identifying one or more good components, which are within the jump value from the first reference position; moving the pickup head or the carrier so that the pickup head is centered above at least one of the one or more good components; moving the pickup head or the carrier, so that the pickup head is moved from above said at least one of th