Trainee Optical Assistant 1

Specsavers; Dungannon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time 40 hours

Great career progression

Job summary

Specsavers in Athlone is looking for a Trainee Optical Assistant to join our team and learn on the job. You’ll welcome customers, book eye tests, and help with frame selections, with full training and development opportunities available as you grow your career.

We offer a full-time position (40 hours) with weekend and late-night shifts as required, starting from €29,500 per year. No extensive experience is required; passion and customer-focus are what we value most.

Qualifications

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Providing style advice
• Measuring frames
• Taking phone calls

Responsibilities

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Providing style advice
• Measuring frames
• Taking phone calls

Job description

Are you a caring individual looking to start your career as an Optical Assistant? You’ve come to the right place.

We aren’t looking for people with years of experience and heaps of qualifications, just passionate, hard-workers ready to confidently welcome and help customers as they walk through our doors. And once you’ve found your feet as a Trainee Optical Assistant, you don’t just have to stop there. We have plenty of professional training and development in other business areas, as well as the support of experienced Opticians and Technicians supporting you on your journey. So whatever you want your career to look like, you can bring it to life at Specsavers.

Our store

Based in Athlone, our store has great career progression opportunities!

What’s on offer?

As well as all the support you need and great training and development opportunities, we have a whole load of benefits on offer for you to enjoy. These include:

• Full time - 40 hours - weekend working and late night working is essential
• Starting from €29,500
• Great career progression opportunities in a friendly store
• Work for a certified Great Place to Work!

What we’re looking for?

Some of the responsibilities of this role include:

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Providing style advice
• Measuring frames
• Taking phone call

Find out more

If you are comfortable with the responsibilities we’re looking for and are excited by this opportunity, we’re excited to hear from you.