Optical Assistant Apprenticeship - Hucknall Specsavers

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

Job summary

Specsavers is offering a one-year, full-time Level 3 Optical Assistant apprenticeship in the UK. You’ll receive daily in-store training and complete the End-Point Assessment through Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited, building essential skills in customer care, pre-screening and booking eye tests.

The role runs 37.5 hours per week, including weekends, with a start date of 8 December 2026 and a closing date of 24 November 2026; wage is £16,033.05 per year.

Qualifications

• Communication skills required for daily customer interaction.
• Strong organisational abilities to manage tasks in a busy store.
• Customer care skills to ensure a positive customer experience.
• Team working to support colleagues and a smooth service flow.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality advice and a warm welcome to customers.
• Book eye tests and assist with pre-screening patients.
• Help ensure the store runs smoothly and address issues as they arise.

Skills

Communication skills

Organization skills

Customer care skills

Team work

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 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

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: 2026-12-08
• Closing date: 2026-11-24
• 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.