Optical Assistant Apprenticeship - Honiton Specsavers

Specsavers; Honiton; Presencial; GBP 14.000 - 17.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Specsavers are offering an Optical Assistant Apprenticeship in the UK. This full-time role includes weekend work, with 37.5 hours per week and a start date of 2026-11-25. You will undertake the Level 3 Optical Assistant Apprenticeship, with daily on‑the‑job training in-store and no college attendance.

Salary is £15,642 per year. The apprenticeship lasts 1 year and 6 months, ending with you becoming a fully qualified Level 3 Optical Assistant and broad career options within Specsavers.

Formación

• GCSE Maths (grade 9-4) is essential.
• Level 3 Optical Assistant Apprenticeship Standard.
• Apprenticeship duration: 1 Year 6 Months.
• Training provider: Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited.
• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths must achieve prior to End-Point Assessment.

Responsabilidades

• Provide customers with top-notch advice and a warm welcome.
• Book in eye tests for customers.
• Pre-screen patients and measure frames.
• Ensure smooth store operation by spotting and addressing small problems as they arise.

Conocimientos

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Customer care skills

Team working

Initiative

Educación

GCSE Maths (grade 9-4)

Descripción del empleo

• 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 smoothly 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
• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment

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: £15,642 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: 2026-11-25
• Closing date: 2026-11-11
• 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.