Apprentice Optical Assistant

About the role

🌟 Optical Assistant Apprentice: Kickstart Your Career in Eyewear! 🌟

Ready for a role where style meets substance and you can make a real difference? ✨ This is your chance to dive into the exciting world of optics as an Optical Assistant Apprentice! Get ready for a journey packed with learning, fun, and serious career growth. 🚀

What You'll Do & Learn:

• Customer Rockstar: Be the first friendly face greeting everyone who walks through the door! 👋 Learn to connect with people, understand their needs, and provide top-notch customer service.
• Style Guru: Obsessed with fashion? 🤩 You'll get hands-on with the latest eyewear trends, helping customers find frames that are comfy, look amazing, and fit their lifestyle. You might even get to help pick out the next big styles! 🕶️
• Vision Wiz: Decode eyeglass prescriptions and become a whiz at explaining eye health, lens options, and coatings in a way that everyone gets. 🤓
• Technical Whiz: Dive into the science behind lenses, tints, and measurements. You'll translate complex optical info into easy-to-understand advice. 🔬
• Team Player: It's all about collaboration! You’ll be a vital part of our team, supporting each other to give every customer an unforgettable experience. 🤝
• Problem Solver: Tackle basic optical concerns and ensure our customers leave happy and seeing clearly. 💡
• Business Savvy: Get a peek into how our practice runs, understanding key business goals and how your role contributes to our success. 📈

Your Day-to-Day Will Include:

• Welcoming and assisting customers with a smile! 😊
• Understanding eyeglass prescriptions and their impact on vision. 📖
• Helping choose the perfect frames based on fit, style, and lifestyle. 👓
• Explaining frame features and benefits in plain language.🗣️
• Measuring frames and ensuring they're just right.📏
• Making basic frame adjustments and repairs.🔧
• Learning about lenses, tints, and coatings.
• Ordering glasses and contact lenses.
• Handling customer records and NHS paperwork. ✍️
• Scheduling follow-up appointments.
• Using tools like a focimeter to read prescriptions from existing glasses.
• Explaining contact lens options.
• Performing pre-screening tests.
• Communicating offers and products.
• Processing payments.

Who You Are:

• Passionate about healthcare and retail! ❤️
• Eager to learn and grow. 🌱
• A natural communicator and people person. 💬
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Ready to make a real difference in people's lives! 💯

This is more than just a job; it's your launchpad to an amazing career. Apply now and let's create some vision! 🌠

Key responsibilities

• Greeting customers and assisting with product selection.
• Interpreting prescriptions and explaining optical product features.
• Measuring, adjusting, and performing basic repairs on spectacle frames.
• Processing orders for optical products and completing administrative paperwork.
• Carrying out pre-screening tests and resolving basic optical concerns.

Entry requirements

GCSE in: (English (grade Grade 4/C or above), Maths (grade Grade 4/C or above))