PRECISION OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS: Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements according to prescription or other specifications. Assemble and mount lenses into frames and process other optical elements according to specifications. Work usually involves the use of precision machines and instruments. Include Precision Lens Polishers or Grinders, Centerer-Edgers, and Lens Mounters.

• Apply advanced technical math (trig, calculus, statistics etc.)
• Apply interpersonal communication techniques
• Apply quality assurance techniques
• Apply sanitation practices to health care
• Assemble/mount optical lenses
• Cut & grind corrective lenses
• Follow detailed instructions
• Follow detailed procedures related to health care delivery
• Instruct lens grinding procedures
• Instruct lens mounting procedures
• Interpret prescriptions
• Inventory medical supplies and instruments
• Keep records & maintain files
• Maintain medical diagnostic equipment
• Operate computed tomography equipment
• Operate optical manufacturing equipment/instruments
• Polish corrective lenses
• Understand & use medical terminology
• Understand characteristics of optical glass
• Understand characteristics of optical plastics
• Use computer
• Use computer keyboard
• Use medical diagnostic machines correctly under time constraints
• Use nursing terminology
• Use optical equipment
• Use precision optical & lens-making machines/instruments
• Verify that eyeglass/lens specifications are met