Opticians typically work for vision care businesses, healthcare facilities or retail stores to provide customers with lenses and frame options that suit their needs. They work closely with other Opticians to maintain updated inventory records, assist customers and process payments. Their job is to use their knowledge of optometry to provide customers with helpful feedback about which types of glasses or contact lenses would work best for them. They may also be responsible for using specialized devices to fit lenses to frames for customers.
Wat doet een Optician?
An Optician, or Dispensing Optician, is responsible for helping customers achieve the right type of eyeglasses, lense shape or contact lenses in accordance with their eyesight or eye conditions. Their duties include communicating with other eye care professionals to receive prescriptions and send them to Laboratory Technicians, providing customers with sample frames to fit their prescriptions and maintaining accurate customer data regarding their current or updated prescriptions.
Verantwoordelijkheden
Een Optician moet in staat zijn om verschillende taken en verantwoordelijkheden te vervullen. Hieronder staan enkele taken en verantwoordelijkheden die een Optician moet kunnen uitvoeren:
Interpreting the results of eye examinations, using prescriptions written by Optometrists and Ophthalmologists
Advising patients on frame weights, materials, styles and colors
Recommending lenses, coatings and frames to suit customers’ needs
Measuring customers to determine suitable types and styles of frames
Adjusting frames so they fit properly
Preparing orders for glasses and contact lenses by checking prescriptions, lens thickness and other specifications
Benodigde vaardigheden
Een concurrerende Optician zal bepaalde vaardigheden en kwalificaties hebben, waaronder:
Training and certification in fitting contact lenses
Excellent attention to detail, particularly for interpreting prescriptions and checking lenses
Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical information clearly to customers
Familiarity with optical products
The ability to work effectively as part of a team
Soortgelijke aanbiedingen
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