Optician

Are you a people-person? Can you handle multiple projects at the same time? Do you enjoy working with and educating patients? If so: This is the listing for you. This position involves helping patients find the perfect-fitting frame that suits their personality and helping to educate them on different lens options and coatings. Positive personality is a must. Experience would be preferred but not required. We are happy to train those who are eager to learn!

Duties:

• Processing prescriptions
• Measuring customers’ eyes and faces, such as the distance between their pupils
• Creating work orders for ophthalmic lab technicians. Helping people choose frames and lens treatments, such as eyewear for occupational use or sports, tints, or anti-reflective coatings, based on their vision needs and style preferences
• Adjusting the eyewear to ensure a proper fit
• Utilizing special tools to repair or replace broken frames
• Educating customers about eyewear—for example, showing them how to care for their contact lenses
• Performing business tasks, such as maintaining sales records, keeping track of customers’ prescriptions, and ordering and maintaining inventory in the optical store
• Full-time or part-time positions are available including possible Saturday hours

Qualifications:

• Critical thinking skills – Opticians must think on their feet, evaluating situations and making decisions with customers’ best interests in mind. They must know what adjustments need to be made to glasses and lenses, and also which materials, styles, and strengths are best for each customer’s individual needs.
• Management skills – Opticians are often responsible for running the business operations of an optical store, and therefore must have strong decision-making and managerial skills.
• Manual dexterity – Opticians use small, specialized tools to fix and adjust eyewear, and therefore must have good hand-eye coordination.
• Friendly person must be willing to go above and beyond for the customer and employer
• Must care about job like it's their own business
• Must have future Saturday availability

Job Type: Full-time or Part-time

Pay: $11.00 to $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Paid time off
• Bereavement Pay
• Health Care Benefits

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Not required but preferred

Work Location: In person

Pay: $11.00 - $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 32.0 per week

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