Optometry Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Optometrist assistants work in the eye care field. Experience as a nurse's aide or office worker will help prepare you for a career as an optometrist assistant. Keep reading if you want to learn more about a career in optometry assisting.

Salary:$22,260/yr

Education:An optometric technician training program or 2-year, associate degree will make you more competitive as an optometric technician. Common courses to help you prepare for a career in optometry include anatomy, physiology of the eye, optics,optometric procedures and optical devices.

Demand for this particular career: Optometric technicians work with optometrists to assist in carrying out eye examinations and treatments. Optometric technicians most frequently work in optometrists' offices, but they may also be employed in eye care clinics and other vision treatment facilities. An optometric technician's work responsibilities include testing patients' visual acuity, depth perception, pressure inside of the eye, color vision and pupil reflexes. In addition, they prepare exam schedules, ready exam rooms, assist in making or repairing eyeglasses, clean ocular equipment and other duties as needed.

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

i don't think i would want to be a optometry technician because i dint think i would be interested in it and it doesn't catch my attention.