About the employer

A fantastic and unique opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to kickstart their Optical career with a fantastic team at a well-established Opticians and gain the Level 3 Optical Assistant Qualification!

About the course

The course is 18 months long with an end point assessments period afterwards. Throughout the course you will be completing modules that focus on screening checks, customer interactions, fitting and adjustment of spectacles, quality and governance, health and safety, materials of frames and lenses, and tools and equipment.

All of the coursework will be completed online during work meaning there is no commute to college and you will be getting paid whilst completing training.

Duties will include:

• Meeting and greeting customers
• Cash handling
• Building professional relationships with customers
• Receptionist duties
• Booking appointments
• Ordering spectacles and contact lenses
• Pretesting

Desired skills:

• Excellent customer service
• Professional
• Excellent communication skills
• Empathetic towards patient needs
• Friendly
• Outgoing
• Flexible
• Teamwork
• Hard worker

Personal qualities:

• Positive attitude
• Team player
• Helpful
• Motivated
• Enthusiastic
• Presentable
• Honest
• Desire to work
• Bubbly

Desired qualifications

Due to the course being a level 3, you will be required to have a grade 4 or above in GCSE or equivalent in maths and English.

Future prospects

After gaining the Level 3 Optical Assistant qualification, you can study further to become a qualified Dispensing Optician. From there, you can progress and study to become a Contact Lens Optician or Optometrist.

Working Hours

The working hours are 9-5 with 1 hour for lunch Monday-Friday and Saturday would be 9-2

Salary

The salary is 7.55 per hour

Training to be provided

Optical Assistant L3 Standard

Own in house training

This is a full-time role with training delivered remotely to the workplace