Optician  

Duties and Responsibilities: Opticians help clients and patients choose eyeglasses frames and lenses.  Opticians are responsible for building a healthy patient-doctor bond with their clients.  They are responsible for keeping up with trends and letting patients know what suits them best.  Including this task, opticians have to deal with many other tasks such as assisting optometrists and repairing broken frames.  They are also in charge of making sure that frame orders are correct and precise.   

Salary: Opticians can earn up to 34, 840$ a year.  

Education: The education required for this profession is a associates or bachelors degree and on-the-job training.  You must also be certified by the American Board of Opticianry and National Contact Lens Examiners. 

Demand for this profession: The number of jobs for this profession in the years 2014-2024 is 75, 200.  This rate is expected to grow 24% in the years 2014-2024. 

Do you think you would like to be one?  Why?  Why not? 

I would consider becoming an optician because I like giving advice and working with people.