Optician

Duties and Responsibilities:

  An Optician responsibility is to fit and dispense eyeglasses for patients based on prescriptions that were written by an ophthalmologist or optometrists. Their duties are to help customers select eyeglasses frames and then measure their faces to the correct frame size and the order them.  They are to also measure the distance between the corneas of the eyes so the lenses fit properly into the frames.   Other Opticians specialize in just making measurements in contact lens and artificial eyes.  There is also the ability for opticians to have their own store or work for an optical store.  Others work in for optometrists and ophthalmologist that sell glasses as well.

Average Salary:

 $ 19,000-$40,000

Educational Requirements:

   Those who are interested in choosing this career you must have a high school diploma or GED certificate that is needed for training as an Optician. You must also complete courses such as physics, algebra, mechanical drawing, and geometry during your high school years.  There are two types of training programs. You can either complete a two or a yearlong in school for opticianry or can have a job approved as a job apprenticeship.