License: Apprentice Optician Registration

P.O. Box 6758
Raleigh, NC 27628-6758
(919) 420-1390

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.
More information about this license

  • Preliminary/temporary license
  • No exam
  • No education required
  • No continuing education requirement
  • Certification required
  • No experience required
  • No criminal record requirements
  • No physical requirements
License information updated 04/01/2022