Optical Assistant Apprentice — Start Your Optics Career

Specsavers; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension auto-enrolment

Specsavers Perks

WeCare employee support

Headspace app subscription

Eyecare discounts

Birthday leave

Enhanced family leave & company sick &

Job summary

Specsavers is offering an Optical Assistant Apprentice role in the UK. You will join a busy store, where you’ll learn to support customers, schedule eye tests, and assist with fittings as part of a supportive, forward-thinking team.

You’ll train for 15–18 months in a paid apprenticeship, earning a full-time wage and benefiting from Specsavers perks and employee support services along the way.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Willingness to learn in a fast-paced retail optics environment.
• Passion for helping customers with their eyecare needs.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Team player

Education

GCSE Maths (A*-C) or equivalent

Job description

Specsavers is offering an Optical Assistant Apprentice role in the UK. You will join a busy store, where you’ll learn to support customers, schedule eye tests, and assist with fittings as part of a supportive, forward-thinking team.

You’ll train for 15–18 months in a paid apprenticeship, earning a full-time wage and benefiting from Specsavers perks and employee support services along the way.