Opticians, Dispensing
Dispensing Optician, Licensed Dispensing Optician (LDO), Licensed Optician, Optician
What they do:
Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. 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. Includes contact lens opticians.
On the job, you would:
- Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.
- Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
- Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
Business
- customer service
- sales and marketing
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Arts and Humanities
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Hand and Finger Use
- put together small parts with your fingers
- keep your arm or hand steady
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- First Insight MaximEyes
- Specialist Data Solutions OctoPlus
Spreadsheet software
Accounting software
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associate's degree or
certificate after high school
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$35,530
per year, on average
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