Optometry Technician or Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

   Optometrist assistants work in offices of optometrists, eye and vision and other facilities that provide vision care services. They help optometrists by conducting diagnostic test, recording and measuring vision, testing eye function. Lastly but not they clean and arrange equipment making appointments and answering phones. Optometry technicians will help the optometrist with eye examinations. They are involved in assisting with patient eye care, helping maintenance of patient records and handling technical duties involving equipment and eyeglass preparation.

Salary:

   22,260

Education:

   An optometrist assistant will need to have at least completed a high school degree and a 1 or 2 year program in medical assisting at a vocational school or community college. An optometry technician will also need a high school diploma or a GED

Demand or need for this profession:

   Optometrist technician and assistants are required to have strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.

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Reflection:Do you think you would like to be one? Why/ Why not?

     I think that I would like to become one because I get to help other with their vision and also discover what's wrong with them.  I will also provide them with any help they need. Lastly would be that I learn new things that i didn't know.