Spectacle Technician Apprentice: Start Your Optics Career

Specsavers Norge; Enfield; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Headspace subscription

Eyecare discounts

WeCare - employee support

Birthday day off

Family leave & sick pay

Job summary

Specsavers Enfield, North London, invites you to join as a Spectacle Technician Apprentice. If you’re a proactive people person and a great team player, this 15–18 month paid apprenticeship is a perfect start in optics.

Earn £8.20 per hour for a full-time 40-hour week (including a weekend day), gain hands-on experience producing customer orders, interpreting prescriptions, assembling glasses, and testing fittings, and graduate as a Level 3 Spectacle Technician.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths (A*-C) or equivalent required.
• EU residents with right to work in the UK accepted.

Responsibilities

• Produce customer orders from scratch.
• Interpret optical prescriptions and drawings.
• Correct faults and re-assemble glasses.
• Carry out testing and adjustments on frames.
• Prepare and maintain materials and equipment.
• Ensure high quality of finished eyewear.

Skills

Customer service

Prescription interpretation

Glasses assembly

Testing & adjustments

Education

GCSE Maths (A*-C)

Job description

Specsavers Enfield, North London, invites you to join as a Spectacle Technician Apprentice. If you’re a proactive people person and a great team player, this 15–18 month paid apprenticeship is a perfect start in optics.

Earn £8.20 per hour for a full-time 40-hour week (including a weekend day), gain hands-on experience producing customer orders, interpreting prescriptions, assembling glasses, and testing fittings, and graduate as a Level 3 Spectacle Technician.