Optical Assistant Apprenticeship - Edgware Road Specsavers

Specsavers; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is offering a Level 3 Optical Assistant apprenticeship in the United Kingdom. The role is full-time, 40 hours per week, including weekends, with on-the-job training and a pathway to full qualification after completion.

You’ll work in-store, provide customer care, and support the testing and fitting process under supervision. You will complete the Level 3 Optical Assistant apprenticeship standard with SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED as the training provider, starting 2026-11-26

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide customers with friendly advice and a warm welcome
• Book eye tests for customers
• Pre-screen patients and measure frames
• Ensure smooth store operations by spotting issues

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Customer care

Teamwork

Initiative

Education

GCSE Maths

Job description

• 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

• Level 3 Optical Assistant apprenticeship standard
• Functional Skills if required
• 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: £18,770.40 a year
• Working week: Full-time to include weekend working. Days and times to be confirmed.
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
• Start date: 2026-11-26
• Closing date: 2026-11-12
• 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.