3.9 KiB
3.9 KiB
Competences — optometrist
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bffbe18a-cb8b-4f90-bd87-7505cd3b16f5).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
- advise customers on optical instruments maintenance (skill/competence)
- advise on contact lense maintenance (skill/competence)
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
- advise patients on vision improvement conditions (skill/competence)
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- apply numeracy skills (skill/competence)
- apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
- communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
- deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
- determine eye disease progression (skill/competence)
- diagnose problems of the visual system (skill/competence)
- educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
- empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- eye protection regulations (knowledge)
- fit contact lenses (skill/competence)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- have computer literacy (skill/competence)
- implement marketing strategies (skill/competence)
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
- interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- optical glass characteristics (knowledge)
- optical instruments (knowledge)
- perform comprehensive eye examinations (skill/competence)
- perform ocular tonometry (skill/competence)
- prescribe corrective lenses (skill/competence)
- process payments (skill/competence)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- promote ocular health (skill/competence)
- provide therapy of the visual system (skill/competence)
- quality standards of ophthalmic equipment (knowledge)
- record healthcare users' billing information (skill/competence)
- refer healthcare users (skill/competence)
- refraction of the eye (knowledge)
- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
- test visual acuity (skill/competence)
- use ophthalmic instruments (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
Optional
- administer medication for vision problems (skill/competence)
- contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- implement sales strategies (skill/competence)
- participate in medical inventory control (skill/competence)
- perform vision rehabilitation (skill/competence)
- preventive medicine (knowledge)
- provide domiciliary eyecare (skill/competence)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health (skill/competence)
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment (skill/competence)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 54 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- ocular disease diagnosis — 24 %
- contact lens fitting — 19 %