JOB KEY FOR
OPTICIANS - DISPENSING & MEASURING
Opticians design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for clients
according to written optical prescriptions or specifications. They
assist clients with selecting frames according to style and color,
measure customers for size of eyeglasses, and coordinate frames with
facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. In addition,
they prepare work orders for optical laboratories containing
instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames, verify the
exactness of finished lens spectacles, adjust frame and lens position
to fit clients, and shape or reshape frames. Includes Contact Lens
Opticians.
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