How do they match: Opticians, Dispensing

  • Dispensing and Measuring Optician

  • 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.

  • Supervise the training of student opticians.
  • Maintain records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments.
  • Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.

  • Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
  • Merchandise healthcare products or services.
  • Perform clerical work in medical settings.