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Will AI replace Opticians, Dispensing?
O*NET occupation 29-2081.00
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.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Optician
- Dispensing Optician
- Dispensing and Measuring Optician
- Licensed Dispensing Optician (LDO)
- Licensed Optician
- Optical Dispenser
- Certified Optician
- Registered Optician
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
- Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
- Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.
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