What are the responsibilities and job description for the Optician position at NPAworldwide?
Job Description
An optician recommends specific eyewear, takes measurements, fit and adjust glasses, and teach customers to properly wear and care for their glasses or contact lenses.
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.
Qualifications:
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Salary Type : Annual Salary
Salary Min : $ 45000
Salary Max : $ 45000
Currency Type : USD
An optician recommends specific eyewear, takes measurements, fit and adjust glasses, and teach customers to properly wear and care for their glasses or contact lenses.
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.
- Obtaining patient prescriptions from optometrists and ophthalmologists.
- Taking customer information and measurements of the ocular area.
- Recommending frames or contact lenses that suit the customer's style, face, and specifications.
- Adjusting and fitting frames according to the prescriptions and customer's specifications, as well as to suit the customer's face.
- Preparing work orders for the optical technicians to use to manufacture the lenses.
- Using specialized equipment, such as calipers, lensometers, and lens gauges.
- Keeping inventory on frames and contact lenses to ensure product variety and customer satisfaction.
- Repairing broken frames.
- Educating customers on how to wear and maintain glasses and contact lenses.
- Performing administrative duties, such as managing prescriptions, customer records, and insurance.
Qualifications:
- An associate's degree or certification in opticianry.
- At least 5 years of experience required
- A state license or certification to practice as an optician.
- The ability to operate specialized equipment.
- Excellent customer service and sales ability.
Be part of a leading eye care provider! Join our team now!
Salary Type : Annual Salary
Salary Min : $ 45000
Salary Max : $ 45000
Currency Type : USD
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