Optician

Duties and responsibilities:

Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames.

Salary:

$33,770

Education:

An associate's or bachelor's degree in optician may offer a competitive advantage

                                                

Reflection:

                I wouldn’t like to be an optician because it doesn’t call my attention. It may seem interesting to others but I can’t see myself becoming an optician.