Apprentice Optician

About the role

The Apprentice Optician drives profitable sales growth, attracts and retains guests for life by delivering exceptional Guest service. This is accomplished through development of a positive and productive retail-selling environment that ensures premier Guest Service, Guest retention, as well as outstanding Optical Team/Doctor satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Drives profitable store sales by fostering a retail selling culture by practicing and role-playing effective retail sales skills.
• Develops professional business relationships with other Team Members.
• Verifies visual acuity.
• Analyzes and interprets prescriptions and lens design.
• Selects and measures frame for facial contour, eye size, bridge size and temple length.
• Fits and adjusts eyewear to the face and eyes.
• Dispenses contact lenses.
• Fills ophthalmic eyeglass prescriptions and fits and adapts lenses and frames, utilizing optical prescription, within the guidelines established by the state.
• Ensures high quality/timely product manufacturing/fabrication.
• Dispenses quality product, within the guidelines established by the state.

Requirements

• A High School Degree or equivalent.
• Actively enrolled in a state approved Optician Apprentice program.
• 2+ years in retail or customer service position.
• Basic computer skills.
• Independent and self-motivated.
• Ability to grow sales through sales skills.
• Enthusiastic and concise communication.
• Attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree preferred.

Skills

• Effective retail sales skills.
• Professional business relationships.
• Visual acuity verification.
• Lens analysis and interpretation.
• Frame selection and measurement.
• Eyewear fitting and adjustment.
• Contact lens dispensing.
• Eyeglass prescription filling and adaptation.
• Product quality assurance.
• Timely product manufacturing.
• Quality product dispensing.

Benefits

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Pay

Employee pay is determined by multiple factors, including geography, experience, qualifications, skills and local minimum wage requirements. In addition, you may also be offered a competitive bonus and/or commission plan, which complements a first-class total rewards package.

Schedule

Details on schedule will be provided upon hire.