Optical Assistant Apprenticeship - Cribbs Causeway Specsavers

SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED; Patchway; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited in the UK is offering an apprenticeship in optics, giving you a full-time wage and a route into a career. Duties include booking customers eye tests, pre-screening, and recommending suitable frames, with a friendly customer welcome and a chance to learn on the shop floor.

On completion you will become a Level 3 Optical Assistant with a wide range of career options, developing essential skills in communication, organisation, teamworking and proactive problem

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths 9-4 (A*-C) required.

Responsibilities

• Provide customers with friendly advice and a warm welcome in-store.
• Book eye tests for customers.
• Pre-screen customers and measure frames to ensure a proper fit.
• Identify and resolve issues to help store run smoothly.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Customer care

Team working

Initiative

Education

GCSE Maths 9-4 (A*-C)

Job description

Introduction

Our apprenticeship gives people of all ages a chance to start an exciting career while earning a fulltime wage. Duties include booking customers eye tests, pre-screening,recommending suitable frames. We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about providing great customer service would like to pursue a career in optics.

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.

What You'll Do

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

Training Outcome

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 Required

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

Qualifications

• Essential - GCSE - Maths - 9-4 (A*- C)

Course Information

Course: Optical assistant 2022 (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Health and science

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Full-time to include weekend working. Days and times to be confirmed.

Expected Duration: 1 Year 6 Months

Training Provider: SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED