optician

ESCO occupation · 47 essential, 13 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.

Essential skills

apply health sciences advise on healthcare users' informed consent eye protection regulations inform policy makers on health-related challenges prepare work orders for the optical laboratory follow clinical guidelines ensure customer focus use e-health and mobile health technologies monitor stock level adhere to organisational guidelines operate optical measuring equipment handle contact lenses deal with emergency care situations health care legislation educate on the prevention of illness listen actively optical instruments provide health education develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship comply with optical prescriptions dispense corrective lenses perform frames' repairs empathise with the healthcare user comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice maintain records of clients' prescriptions work in a multicultural environment in health care interact with healthcare users comply with legislation related to health care apply context specific clinical competences ensure safety of healthcare users promote inclusion respond to changing situations in health care advise on contact lense maintenance work in multidisciplinary health teams apply organisational techniques adjust eyeglasses to fit customers apply numeracy skills optical glass characteristics use lensometer repair lenses contribute to continuity of health care cut lenses for eyeglasses quality standards of ophthalmic equipment advise customers on eyewear maintenance accept own accountability verify lenses compliance manage healthcare users' data

Optional & specialised skills

Other matches: optometrist · eyewear and optical equipment specialised seller · eyewear and optical equipment shop manager · optical technician

Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.