Optical Assistant Apprenticeship - Hampton Specsavers

Specsavers; Teddington; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is offering a one-year-plus Optical Assistant Apprenticeship at 40 hours per week, including weekend work. The role involves welcoming customers, booking eye tests, pre-screening, and helping with frame measurements.

You will train on the job with Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited as the provider, gaining Level 3 status upon completion and broad career options within optometry and healthcare.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths (grade 9-4, A*-C) is essential.
• Strong communication and organisational skills are valued for daily customer interactions.
• Customer care mindset and teamwork are important in a busy store environment.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and provide top-notch advice and a warm welcome.
• Book in eye tests and support pre-screening where needed.
• Assist in measuring frames and guiding customers through the process.
• Help ensure smooth store operations by spotting and addressing small issues.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Customer care skills

Team working

Initiative

Education

GCSE Maths

Job description

• 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 smoothly as possible by looking out for any little problems that crop-up

Training

• Level 3 Optical Assistant Apprenticeship Standard qualification
• 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
• Functional Skills in English if required

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: £17,101.92 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.