Optical Assistant Apprenticeship - Ledbury Specsavers

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

Job summary

Specsavers is offering a Level 3 Optical Assistant apprenticeship in Ledbury, with full-time hours including weekends. You’ll start with daily on-the-job training in-store, supported by Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited as the training provider.

On completion, you will be a qualified Optical Assistant with a wide range of career options ahead, and the role begins on 2026-12-14 with a 1 year 6 month duration.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths (grade 9-4 (A*-C)) is essential.
• Level 3 Optical Assistant apprenticeship standard.
• End-Point Assessment (EPA).
• Full-time to include weekend working.
• Training provider - Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited.
• Functional Skills in maths and English, if required.

Responsibilities

• Provide customers with top-notch advice and a warm welcome.
• Book in eye tests.
• Pre-screen patients and measure frames.
• Ensure smooth store operation by spotting and addressing minor issues.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Customer care skills

Team working

Initiative

Education

GCSE Maths 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
• Functional Skills in maths and 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: £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: 2026-12-14
• Closing date: 2026-11-30
• 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.