Duties and Responsibilities: The tasks of an optician include the following..
- Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, papillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
- Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
- Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
- Assist clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
- Maintain records of customer prescription, work orders, and payments.
- Perform administrative duties such as tracking inventory and sales, submitting patient insurance information, and performing simple bookkeeping.
Salary: The lowest paid optician earns $20,000 and the highest paid optician earns $54,000 per year.
Education: The knowledge , experience, and education requirements needed for this career are as follows..
- Customer and Personal Service
- Sales and Marketing
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Clerical
- Administration and Management
- Production and Processing
Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or why not?
-I think this is a great career not only for the pay but also for the experience. The job requires skills that every person should have. I also gives you a better understanding about a lot of things like management and clerical and production.
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