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Dispensing Opticians

Dispensing opticians supply, fit and service spectacles, contact lenses and other optical aids in accordance with a prescription from an optician or optometrist.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£12,674
£27,231
£39,949

New workers start around £12,674. Normal pay is £27,231 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £39,949.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 10,789 vacancies for this type of job

1.85%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Fits spectacles and advises patient on lens care and any other difficulties likely to be experienced.

  • Ensures that completed spectacles conform to specification and fit the patient correctly and comfortably.

  • Prepares detailed instructions for workshop.

  • Advises patient on lens type and choice of spectacle frames.

  • Interprets prescription and measures patient’s face to determine distance between pupil centres, height of bridge of nose, etc..

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Medical Prescription

  • Contact Lenses

  • Audiology

  • Optics

  • Booking (Sales)

  • Selling Techniques

  • Collections

  • Patient Preparation

  • After Sales Support

  • Optometry

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Communication

  • Detail Oriented

  • Sales

  • Management

  • Teamwork

  • Problem Solving

  • Administrative Functions

  • Teaching

  • Operations

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