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# 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)
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## 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 %**
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