Optician

Duties and responsibilities

An Optician is a technical practitioner who designs, fits and dispenses corrective lenses for the correction of a person’s vision.

Opticians determine the specifications of various ophthalmic Appliances that will give the necessary correction to a person’s eyesight. Some registered or licensed opticians also design and fit special appliances to correct cosmetic, traumatic or anatomical defects. These devices are called shells or artificial eyes.  Other registered or licensed opticians manufacture lenses to their own

specifications and design and manufacture spectacle frames and

other devices. Corrective ophthalmic appliances may be contact lenses, spectacle lenses, low vision aids or ophthalmic prosthetics to those who are partially sighted. The appliances are mounted either on the eye as contact lenses or mounted in a frame or holder in front of the eye as spectacles or as a monocle. 

Salary: $101,244-$335,876

Education: Bachelors degree, 4 year (M.D.) program and a

3 year ophthalmology residency in a hospital.

Reflection: I would not like to be one because it looks very complicated and it involves the human eyes. This job would

not be great for me.