Apprentice Optician

Perks:

• Full Benefits Package - Medical, Vision, Dental and Life Insurance
• 401k Employer Matching
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Optical Education Reimbursement
• Competitive Base Pay

An Optician is trained to dispense and fit glasses and contacts, working from the prescriptions written by Optometrists and Ophthalmologists. They take into account patients' facial features, occupation, and habits to assist them in choosing the best eyeglass frames, lenses, and lens coatings to fit their needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Able to operate a manual lensometer
• Check in all incoming orders to ensure quality and accuracy
• Assist patients in selecting frames providing best fit for based on facial features and eyeglass prescription
• Educate and recommend specific lenses, lens coatings and frames to suit patient needs
• Accurately collect measurements needed to accurately process eyewear order
• Dispense patient orders, adjust patient eyewear, repair as needed if possible
• Provide exceptional customer service at all times to both external and internal customers

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum one year experience requested

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Reliable transportation
• Desire to continue to gain industry knowledge and training
• Ability to interact with all levels of employees in a courteous, professional manner at all times
• Strong work ethic and positive attitude
• Commitment to work to meet the needs of the business
• Exceptional customer service skills

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

If you need assistance with this application, please contact (636) 227-2600

Please do not contact the office directly – only resumes submitted through this website will be considered.

EyeCare Partners is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

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