Optical Assistant Apprentice - Start Your Optics Career

Specsavers; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Employer pension auto-enrolment

Specsavers Perks

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Specsavers Leicester Gipsy Lane is offering an Optical Assistant Apprenticeship designed for people who enjoy helping customers and working in retail or optics.

The apprenticeship combines a full-time wage with comprehensive on-the-job training, typically 40 hours per week including weekends. You’ll gain experience in greeting customers, booking eye tests, patient pre-screening, style advice, and measuring frames as you build a career with Specsavers.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths grade 9-4 (A*-C) or equivalent.
• EU residency with the right to work in the UK for 3+ years.
• No prior experience in the Optical Sector is required.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Providing style advice
• Measuring frames
• Taking phone calls

Education

GCSE Maths 9-4 (A*-C) or equivalent

EU right to work in UK (3+ years)

No prior Optical Sector experience required

Job description

Specsavers Leicester Gipsy Lane is offering an Optical Assistant Apprenticeship designed for people who enjoy helping customers and working in retail or optics.

The apprenticeship combines a full-time wage with comprehensive on-the-job training, typically 40 hours per week including weekends. You’ll gain experience in greeting customers, booking eye tests, patient pre-screening, style advice, and measuring frames as you build a career with Specsavers.