How do they match: Opticians, Dispensing

  • Optical Assistant
  • Optometric Assistant

  • 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.

  • Assist clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
  • Maintain records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments.
  • Obtain a customer's previous record, or verify a prescription with the examining optometrist or ophthalmologist.
  • Show customers how to insert, remove, and care for their contact lenses.

  • Instruct patients in the use of assistive equipment.
  • Merchandise healthcare products or services.
  • Recommend types of assistive devices.