Optical Dispensing

As a part of my program in Optical Dispensing, I’m presently doing a training period and from time to time, I interview the owner on the different aspects of her profession that are going to be mine very soon. Here is the result of my discussion with her.

An Optician analyses the prescription that has been written by an Optometrist or an Ophthalmologist. He or she identifies the customer’s needs to recommend the best choice of glasses. He or she is able to communicate easily and has a great sense of aestheticism. He or she takes the necessary measures. At the delivery, he or she informs the customer about the adaptation he could be subjected to. He or she adjusts the frame and explains the manipulation and the upkeep of the glasses. In a laboratory, the Optician can do the cutting and the setting of glasses. And the Optician adjusts corneal lenses and teaches the customer the manner to manipulate and maintain them.

The Optician works in a paramedical sector in which sight has priority and where the environment is pleasant and esthetic. In the beginning, an Optician should expect forty thousand dollars as salary.

There are a lot of advantages in this profession. One of the most important is that this profession is not limited, and has many aspects to it. The most important disadvantage is that from time to time we have to manipulate some dirty glasses.
The possibilities of advancement are unlimited in this profession. The salary increases as we gain experience and we can also start our own business.

To become an Optician, we have to complete a Collegial Diploma in Optical Dispensing.
As an Optician, we like to communicate with people, we have aptitudes in selling and customer services, we don’t like a routine job, we have a good manual dexterity, we have interest for sciences and we are interested in the new tendencies.

The advice that I could give you is that if you are not able to be very close to people and touch them, then don’t go into this profession.

There is presently a lack of Opticians on the market and 100% of the students who have completed their Collegial Diploma find a job in their profession.

There are many branches in which an Optician could work. He or she could work in an Optical Dispensing, a laboratory, as a representative and even start his or her own business.

In conclusion, this profession gives a lot of possibilities to anyone who has the ambition to let people see well and look their best.