Optical Assistant Apprenticeship - Blackburn Specsavers

Specsavers; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers seeks an apprentice optical assistant to greet customers warmly, book eye tests, and assist with pre-screening and frame measurements. You’ll gain hands-on training in-store with a Level 3 apprenticeship, completing an EPA and earning a wage of £16,033.05 yearly.

The role includes weekend work, full-time hours, and a 1 year 6 month duration, starting 07/12/2026. Upon completion, you’ll be a qualified Level 3 Optical Assistant with broad career options within Specsavers Optical

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths at grade 9-4 (A*-C) is essential.
• Excellent communication and customer service abilities.
• Good organisation and teamwork skills.
• Proactive and capable of handling multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• By giving customers top-notch advice, and a warm welcome to the store.
• Booking in eye tests.
• Pre-screening patients and measuring frames.
• Ensuring smooth store operations by spotting and addressing small issues.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Customer care skills

Team working

Initiative

Education

GCSE Maths (grade 9-4 (A*-C)) - essential

Job description

• By giving customers top-notch advice (as well as a warm welcome to the store)
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients and measuring frames
• You'll also make sure everything runs as soothly as possible by looking out for any little problems that crop-up

Training

• Level 3 Optical Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
• End-Point Assessment (EPA)
• Full-time 5 out of 7 days - including weekend working
• Daily on-the-job training in store - no college to attend
• Training provider - Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited

What happens at the end

• Once you have completed the Apprenticeship, you'll be a fully qualified Level 3 Optical Assistant with a massive range of career options ahead of you

Skills

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Team working
• Initiative

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths (grade 9-4 (A*-C)) - essential

Key details

• Wage: £16,033.05 a year
• Working week: Full-time to include weekend working. Days and times to be confirmed.
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
• Start date: 2026-12-07
• Closing date: 2026-11-23
• Apprenticeship standard: Optical assistant 2022 (level 3)
• Training provider: SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED

About the employer

Specsavers have been a family business for over 35 years, working together with our store partners to provide the best value optometry, audiology and other healthcare service for our customers. You’ll find us in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, employing over 38,000 people who work across our 2,293 stores, as well as in our support offices and throughout the supply chain.