Optician

Duties and responsibilities:

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

       *     Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.

  * Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.

 *       Fabricate lenses to meet prescription specifications.

Salary: $33,770 in 2013. The best-paid earned $54,490 while the lowest-paid earned $21,290.

Education: Becoming an optician requires a high school diploma or an approved GED equivalent, followed by formal education and training or an apprenticeship.

Many opticians go to college for a two-year associate’s degree in optician, which involves coursework in basic anatomy, eye anatomy, algebra and trigonometry, optical physics and mathematics and administration. They also learn about precision measuring equipment and techniques and optical instrumentation. More advanced studies include classes on fitting contact lens and vision prosthetic.

Whether opticians study at a community college or university, it is recommended that students choose an optician program 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? No a mí no me gustaria estudiar una carrera como está pero pienso que es una Buena carrera en la cual puedes aprender y poner en habilidad.