Optician/Optical Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title
Optician
Job Summary
Designs, measures, fits, and adapts lenses and frames for client according to
written optical prescription or specification.
General Accountabilities
Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses.
Assist client with selecting frames.
Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and
eye measurements and optical prescription.
Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles.
May shape or reshape frames.
Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating
eyeglasses.
Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary
distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
Heat, shape, or bend plastic or metal frames to adjust eyeglasses to fit clients,
using pliers and hands.
Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational
visual requirements.
Assist clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that
frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical
prescriptions.
Fabricate lenses to meet prescription specifications.
Maintain records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments.
Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
Instruct clients in how to wear and care for eyeglasses.
*The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
Job Qualifications
Education: Associate's degree
Experience: Appropriate certifications and/or licensures with 1-2 years of on-the-
job training or apprenticeship
Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication
Active listening
Critical thinking
Service orientation
Judgment and decision making
Social perceptiveness

\nCompany Description

We require excellent customer service and a willingness to be flexible in an ever-changing field.

Company Description

We require excellent customer service and a willingness to be flexible in an ever-changing field.