Optician, Dispensing
Overall rating: (N/A)
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Fills ophthlamic eyeglass prescriptions and fits and adapts
lenses and frames, utilizing written optical prescription:
Evaluates prescription in conjunction with client's vocational
and avocational visual requirements.
Determines client's current
lens prescription, when necessary, using lenosmeter or lens
analyzer and client's eyeglasses.
Recommends specific lenses,
lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs. Assists client
in selecting frames according to sytle and color, coordinating
frames with facial and eye measurements and optical
prescription. Measures client's bridge and eye size, temple
length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers
of eyes, using millimeter rule and light reflex pupillometer.
Prepaers work order and instructions for grinding lenses and
fabricating eyeglasses. Verifies finished lenses are ground to
specifciation.
Heats, shapes, or bends plastic or metal farmes
to adjust eyeglasses to fit client, using pliers and hands.
Instrutcs clients in adapting to, wearing, and caring for
eyeglasses. Sells optical goods, such as binoculars, plano
sunglasses, magnifying glasses, and low vision aids. Reapirs
damaged frames. May be required to hold license isseud by
governing state. May fabrciate lenses to prescription
specifications. May selcet and order frames for display. May
grind lens edges or apply caoting to lenses. May manage one or
more otpical shops. May compute amount of sale and collect
payment for services. May fit contact leness only and be
designated Optician, Contact-Lens Dispensing (optical goods;
retail trade).
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Optician, Dispensing
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