Trainee Optical Assistant

Specsavers; Cork; On-site; EUR 19,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time 37.5 hours

Training and development

Great Place to Work

Job summary

Specsavers in Wilton, Cork, is looking for a Trainee Optical Assistant. No experience required; extensive training and development opportunities are provided to help you grow alongside experienced Opticians and Technicians.

You will welcome customers, book eye tests, pre-screen patients, offer style advice, measure frames, and handle phone calls as part of daily store duties. This full-time role offers 37.5 hours and a starting hourly rate of €14.15.

Qualifications

• No experience required; comprehensive training provided.
• Support from experienced Opticians and Technicians.
• Clear path for career progression within Specsavers.

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 Wilton, 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 - 37.5 hours - weekend working and late night working is essential
• €14.15ph
• 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.

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