• Application Deadline: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Optician


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 1 - 3 years


• Location Akwa Ibom


• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  

Responsibilities

• Provide expert service to customers regarding their optical needs.


• Measure, fit, adapt, adjust and repair eyewear. Repair frames by replacing hinges, nose pads or temples.


• Interpreting the results of eye examinations, using prescriptions written by Optometrists.


• Manufacture lenses in on-site finishing lab (when possible) to measurements taken.


• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specific.


• Grind lens edges, or apply coatings to lenses.


• Take appropriate markings on the patient’s frame and fixing with axis orientation.


• Prepare and deliver work orders to the laboratory for lens grinding and eyewear fabrication, as needed.


• Verify quality and measurements of materials returned from the lab.


• Maintain knowledge and awareness of current trends in eyewear and ophthalmic lens technology.


• Order and verify contact lens orders.


• Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centres of eyes, using measuring devices.


• Interpreting the results of eye examinations, using prescriptions written by Optometrists


• Adjusting frames so they fit properly


• Preparing orders for glasses and contact lenses by checking prescriptions, lens thickness and other specifications


• Making sure that orders for glasses and contact lenses have been processed accurately.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

The Person

• 1-3 years’ cognate work experience.


• The person must possess a certification in opticianry.


• Valid license to operate as an optician.


• Excellent customer service and sales ability skills.


• Knowledge of visual defects/anomalies and lens types


• Experience using optical instrumentation


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.


• Mathematics skills for calculating vision angles and distances.


• Precision and excellent attention to detail.