Apprentice Optician

Requisition ID: 950785 | Store #: 006737 | Part-Time position at Target Optical (EssilorLuxottica)

About the role

Target Optical is part of EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of world-class vision care products, including iconic eyewear, advanced lens technology, and cutting-edge digital solutions. With over 200,000 dedicated employees worldwide, we’re on a mission to change the way people think about vision care — keeping things real, focused on people, and delivering a WOW! experience for our guests and communities.

Responsibilities

• Drive profitable store sales by fostering a retail selling culture through effective retail sales skills, practice, and role-playing
• Develop professional business relationships with other Team Members
• Verify visual acuity
• Analyze and interpret prescriptions and lens design
• Measure pupillary distances, bifocal, trifocal, and progressive placement
• Select and measure frames for facial contour, eye size, bridge size, and temple length
• Fit and adjust eyewear to the face and eyes
• Dispense contact lenses
• Fill ophthalmic eyeglass prescriptions and fit/adapt lenses and frames per optical prescription within state guidelines
• Ensure high-quality, timely product manufacturing and fabrication
• Dispense quality product within state guidelines

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Associates Degree

Pay

Hourly rate: $21.77 (actual pay determined by geography, experience, qualifications, skills, and local minimum wage requirements). A competitive bonus and/or commission plan may also be offered as part of a first-class total rewards package.

Benefits

• Health care
• Retirement savings
• Paid time off / vacation
• Various employee discounts