Optician

Duties and Responsibilities: A dispensing optician is trained to dispense and fit spectacles and other optical aids, working from the prescriptions written by optometrists and ophthalmologists. Dispensing opticians advise patients on various types of lenses and spectacle frames, including advice on style, weight and color. They advise patients on how to wear and care for their spectacles and, with further training as contact lens opticians (CLOs), their contact lenses.

Salary: $33,770 Annual.

Education: High School diploma with on the job training or apprenticeship, or certificate, associate's degree or bachelor's degree in optician for career advancement.

Reflection: I wouldn’t want to be an Optician because it doesn’t seem like it’s a type of job I would want to do there is nothing interesting about it. Also, I think that anybody can get this job; it’s more like a job than a career.