Spectacle Technician Apprentice

Specsavers; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative company as a spectacle technician apprentice, where you’ll gain hands-on experience in making and repairing glasses. This apprenticeship lasts 15-18 months and offers structured training to become a qualified Level 3 Lab Technician. You’ll work in a busy store lab, surrounded by advanced technology, and play a vital role in producing quality eyewear that enhances customers' lives. With a supportive team and opportunities for permanent roles, this is a fantastic chance to kickstart your career in the optical industry. Embrace the journey of learning and growth with Specsavers, where your contributions make a real difference.

Benefits

20+ days paid holiday

Bank holidays

Training and structured learning

Potential for permanent roles

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or above is required for the apprenticeship.
• No prior experience needed, just a passion for helping customers.

Responsibilities

• Learn to make and repair glasses while producing customer orders.
• Apply maths and optical science solutions in a lab-based role.

Skills

Mathematics

Optical Science

Organizational Skills

Technical Mindset

Education

GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or above

Tools

Optical Manufacturing Equipment

Job description

At Specsavers, we want to help people jump feet first into opportunities and begin their journey in the world of work. And that’s just what our spectacle Technician apprenticeship does.

As a spectacle technician – also known as lab technician – apprentice, you’ll be the hands behind the product as you learn how to make and repair glasses, produce customer orders, interpret prescriptions and so much more. If you’re looking for a hands-on role in a busy store lab surrounded by top of the range tech, you’ve come to the right place.

What's on offer?

This apprenticeship takes 15-18 months to complete. Over the course of this time, you’ll get all the training you need to become a qualified Level 3 Lab Technician. Working for our exciting, innovative company, you’ll gain valuable experience from training and structured learning, supported by both the in-store and Specsavers apprenticeship team.

Over the course of the apprenticeship, you’ll be able to develop your knowledge to then help the team produce quality, affordable eyewear that’ll help millions of customers. Life looks better when it’s clearer, and you could be the one making that happen.

But what about the other more personal benefits? Well, our apprenticeship comes with a regular salary, 20+ days of paid holiday a year, plus bank holidays, as well as a load of benefits specific to your store.

Your role will be a lab-based one, so is perfect for those with a technical mindset and an interest in the manufacturing process of glasses. During the day-to-day you will keep the store running behind the scenes, get stuck in with practical work, apply appropriate maths and optical science solutions when necessary, produce customer orders from scratch and interpret optical prescriptions and drawings.

By the end of your apprenticeship, you will be able to manufacture and glaze glasses to a high quality, be competent in all areas of the glasses making process and maintain optical manufacturing equipment.

Every step of the way, from the moment you start all the way through to your nationally recognised qualification, we’ll be there to help you develop as an employee. Many of our spectacle technician apprentices go on to permanent roles at Specsavers too, even progressing to other roles, working towards other qualifications, or specialising in retail. And who knows, you could even run your own Specsavers store in years to come.

Minimum Requirements

To be eligible for the apprenticeship, you’ll need to have GCSE Maths Grade C/4 or above, or an equivalent level qualification. While we don’t need you to have experience, you will need to be passionate about helping customers and have great organisational skills.