Licensed Optician

Duties and Responsibilities

• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
• Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
• Receive customers’ prescriptions for eyeglasses or contact lenses.
• Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
• Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.
• Aid clients in selecting frames according to style and color and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
• Help customers choose eyeglass frames and lens treatments, such as eyewear for occupational use or sports, tints or anti-reflective coatings, based on their vision needs and style preferences.
• Create work orders for ophthalmic laboratory technicians, providing information about the lenses needed.
• Adjust eyewear to ensure a good fit.
• Repair or replace broken eyeglass frames.
• Educate customers about eyewear—for example, show them how to care for their contact lenses.
• Maintain records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and maintaining inventory.
• Arrange and maintain displays of optical merchandise.

Qualifications / Education / Licenses

• National Opticianry Competency Examination developed by the American Board of Opticianry.
• Contact Lens Registry Examination developed by the National Contact Lens Examiners.
• National Commission of State Opticianry and Regulatory Boards (NCSORB).
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred; must be able to read, write and speak English.
• Basic computer knowledge, MS Word, and MS Excel.
• Proficient customer service skills necessary.