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If you have a combination of technical and customer services skills and enjoy helping people, a career as a dispensing optician could be for you As a dispensing optician you will dispense and fit spectacles and other optical aids, to both adults and children, working from the prescriptions written by optometrists and ophthalmologists.

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• an aptitude for science and maths;
• the ability to handle ophthalmic instruments;
• a strong commitment to customer care and confidence in dealing with people;
• communication skills to give clear advice to customers;
• sales skills and the ability to inspire customer loyalty;
• commercial awareness;
• teamworking skills;
• manual dexterity and attention to detail.

• interpret optical prescriptions written by optometrists or ophthalmologists;
• give advice to patients on lens type, frames and styling;
• with further training, fit contact lenses and give advice on their care and use;
• take frame and facial measurements to ensure correct fit and positioning;
• advise partially sighted patients on the use of low vision aids;
• advise patients when adjustments or repairs to spectacles are needed;
• select, manage and order a range of optical products;