Opitician

Optician
 Duties and responsibilities:
Optician’s must design, measure, fit, and adjust lenses and frames for client giving to written optical prescription or specification. Help client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and match frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Place work order for optical laboratory having instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Confirm accuracy of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames.
  Salary:
Opticians have an average salary of around $35,710 a year.
Education:
While some opticians enter the profession with only high school diplomas, most employers prefer applicants with optician certificates or associate's degrees. Associate's degree programs in optician prepare students with the job skills needed for an entry-level position in the field. Courses may include optical theory, ophthalmic dispensing, lens technology, finishing procedures and an optical laboratory. Opticians may also gain training through apprenticeship programs, which are often obtainable by large employers and tend to last two or more years.

  Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or why not? No, I wouldn’t want to be one because I don’t ever see myself being an optician since I am into different type of careers and I wouldn't like to work with the eyes more than anything . I would prefer/enjoy to have a different career although an optician seems like a nice job for people who are actually interested in these types of jobs, also because you earn an average salary.