Optician/Optical Manager

6AM City, LLC; Michigan; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

6AM City, LLC in Michigan is seeking an Optician to design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames according to prescription.

You will verify lens specifications, assist with frame selection, take measurements such as pupillary distance, bridge size, and temple length, and fabricate lenses to prescription. Strong communication and attention to detail are essential; an associate degree and 1–2 years of apprenticeship/licensure are preferred.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent required.
• 1–2 years of on-the-job training or apprenticeship.
• State licensure/certifications as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
• Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses.
• Assist client with selecting frames.
• Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription.
• Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles.
• May shape or reshape frames.
• Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
• Measure bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers.

Skills

Excellent communication

Active listening

Critical thinking

Service orientation

Judgment and decision making

Social perceptiveness

Education

Associate's degree

Job description

Job Description

Job Title

Optician

Job Summary

Designs, measures, fits, and adapts lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification.

General Accountabilities

• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
• Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses.
• Assist client with selecting frames.
• Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription.
• Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles.
• May shape or reshape frames.
• Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
• Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
• Heat, shape, or bend plastic or metal frames to adjust eyeglasses to fit clients, using pliers and hands.
• Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.
• Assist clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
• Fabricate lenses to meet prescription specifications.
• Maintain records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments.
• Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
• Instruct clients in how to wear and care for eyeglasses.

*The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications

• Education: Associate's degree
• Experience: Appropriate certifications and/or licensures with 1-2 years of on-the-job training or apprenticeship

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Active listening
• Critical thinking
• Service orientation
• Judgment and decision making
• Social perceptiveness

Company Description

We require excellent customer service and a willingness to be flexible in an ever-changing field.