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SUMMARY
Moderate Risk
55%
(Avg. of calculated & votes)
JOB SCORE
3.4/10
CALCULATED
59%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
50%
(Moderate Risk)
GROWTH
by year 2033
2.9%
WAGES
$44,170
or $21.23 per hour
VOLUME
as of 2023
76,770
SNOWFLAKE
Snowflake diagram for Opticians, Dispensing
DECRIPTION Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Includes contact lens opticians.