What Does an Optician Do? What are their Duties and Responsibilities?
1.Sell contact lenses, prescription glasses, sunglasses and other eye products,
2.Assisting customers in choosing eyeglasses frames according to style and color,
3. Heating plastic or metal frames and shaping them with the help of hand and pliers to adjust the glasses to suit the customer,
4. To determine the contact lens that suits the customer's needs,
5.Informing customers about wearing and maintaining eyeglasses,
6. Showing customers how to put on, remove and care for contact lenses,
7.Repairing damaged eyeglass frames
8. Keeping records of customer prescriptions and payments,
9. Not to work in another job during the period of his optics profession,
10. Not keeping any equipment for eye examination at the workplace,
11. Not to sell prescription glasses
Which Education is Needed to Become an Optician?
In order to become an optician, it is required to graduate from a two-year Optician associate degree department. In addition, in the law numbered 5193 on optics, it is stated that specialist ophthalmologists can practice opticianry by opening an optician.
Required Features of Opticians
It is expected that the optician, who serves the customers by communicating one-on-one, has high social relationship skills. Other qualifications of the optician can be grouped under the following headings;
Having good hand-eye coordination to make eyeglasses adjustments quickly and accurately,
1. To be able to decide which material and style is the most suitable choice for each customer,
2. To have knowledge about sales and stock management,
3. To have a command of the verbal communication language that can clearly explain the product usage instructions,
4. To be respectful, patient and helpful to customers