Optometry Technician or Assistant
Duties and Responsibilities: They assist in carrying out eye examinations and treatments. Most frequently work in optometrists' offices, but they may also be employed in eye care clinics and other vision treatment facilities. An optometric technician's work responsibilities include testing patients' visual acuity, depth perception, pressure inside of the eye, color vision and pupil reflexes. In addition, they prepare exam schedules, ready exam rooms, assist in making or repairing eyeglasses, clean ocular equipment and other duties as needed.
Salary: $30,590 per year
Education: High school diploma required, training programs and associate degrees available
Demands or Needs: They will have to require that you have a good rapport with patients, communicate effectively with superiors, and be precise in your work. Basic math and physics skills, an ability to work well as part of a team and familiarity with common office applications will help you to succeed as an optometric technician.
This career could be for many people but I don't think that it would be a career for myself. I say this because I don't see myself sitting down in an office all day for part of my life. Yes, they may be in actual eye clinics but this job wouldn't be as interesting as any other eye doctor. This job won't really give me anything to do. This may give me opportunities to do something to people to help them in a way but won't be a job I would want to do.
Duties and Responsibilities: They assist in carrying out eye examinations and treatments. Most frequently work in optometrists' offices, but they may also be employed in eye care clinics and other vision treatment facilities. An optometric technician's work responsibilities include testing patients' visual acuity, depth perception, pressure inside of the eye, color vision and pupil reflexes. In addition, they prepare exam schedules, ready exam rooms, assist in making or repairing eyeglasses, clean ocular equipment and other duties as needed.
Salary: $30,590 per year
Education: High school diploma required, training programs and associate degrees available
Demands or Needs: They will have to require that you have a good rapport with patients, communicate effectively with superiors, and be precise in your work. Basic math and physics skills, an ability to work well as part of a team and familiarity with common office applications will help you to succeed as an optometric technician.
This career could be for many people but I don't think that it would be a career for myself. I say this because I don't see myself sitting down in an office all day for part of my life. Yes, they may be in actual eye clinics but this job wouldn't be as interesting as any other eye doctor. This job won't really give me anything to do. This may give me opportunities to do something to people to help them in a way but won't be a job I would want to do.