Trainee Optical Assistant 1

Specsavers; Bandon; On-site; EUR 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 hours per week

€29,500 starting salary

Career progression

Great Place to Work

Job summary

Specsavers in Athlone is seeking a Trainee Optical Assistant to welcome customers and support eye tests and frame measurements. This role offers full-time hours and substantial on-the-job training with opportunities for progression.

You will be guided by experienced Opticians and Technicians and can develop across other business areas as you grow in your career.

Qualifications

• Passion and customer-focused attitude preferred; no extensive experience or qualifications required.
• Structured training and development available.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Customer service

Booking eye tests

Pre-screening patients

Providing style advice

Measuring frames

Phone handling

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.

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