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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| optician | Occupational skill for the role 'optician' (also: contact lens specialist, spectacle dispensing optician, dispensing optician, optician expert, qualified optician, expert optician). Use when the user asks for typical optician work such as: Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.; Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.; Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids. |
Optician
Opticians help to improve and correct an individual's vision. They fit spectacle lenses and frames, contact lenses, and other devices according to the specifications of the individual. Their scope of practice varies according to national regulations and they might operate according to prescriptions provided by a specialised doctor in ophthalmology or an optometrist in the countries where requested.
Core workflow
- Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.
- Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
- Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids.
- Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
- Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, and safety factors.
- Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
- Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
- Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- accept own accountability
- achieve sales targets
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adjust eyeglasses
- advise customers on eyewear maintenance
- advise on contact lense maintenance
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply numeracy skills
- apply organisational techniques
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with optical prescriptions
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- cut lenses for eyeglasses
Hot technologies
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Apple Safari
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Hot technologies
Top tools from 41 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-18):
- frame warmer — 17 %
- pupilometer — 17 %
- computer — 15 %
- practice management system — 7 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6e0e068b-cd5c-4400-8899-54056087fa14), ONET 30.3 (29-1041.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*