OPTICIANS, DISPENSING AND MEASURING: Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Include Contact Lens Opticians.

• Adjust frames/lenses to face
• Apply advanced technical math (trigonometry, calculus, statistics etc.)
• Apply eye anatomy/vision principles
• Apply interpersonal communication techniques
• Apply ophthalmic principles
• Apply patient care procedures
• Apply physiological knowledge
• Apply quality assurance techniques
• Apply sanitation practices to health care
• Apply visual perception theory
• Assemble/mount eyeglass lenses
• Coordinate eyeglass frames with measurements
• Coordinate eyeglass frames with prescriptions
• Cut & grind corrective lenses
• Design prescription lenses/frames
• Follow detailed instructions
• Follow detailed procedures related to health care delivery
• Instruct lens grinding procedures
• Instruct lens mounting procedures
• Interpret prescriptions
• Keep records & maintain files
• Maintain medical diagnostic equipment
• Maintain medical records
• Measure for eyeglasses
• Operate optical manufacturing equipment/instruments
• Perform patient observation
• Record medical histories
• Relate to medical insurance systems
• Reshape eyeglass frames
• Understand & use medical terminology
• Understand characteristics of optical glass
• Understand characteristics of optical plastics
• Use computer
• Use computer keyboard
• Use correct grammar, punctuation & spelling
• Use electronic & mechanical medical lab procedures
• Use medical diagnostic machines correctly under time constraints
• Use office equipment in support of medical practice/services
• Use optical equipment
• Use precision optical & lens-making machines/instruments
• Use sales techniques
• Verify that eyeglass/lens specifications are met