As an Optician, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• adjust eyeglasses
• advise customers on eyewear maintenance
• advise on contact lense maintenance
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• apply context specific clinical competences
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• cut lenses for eyeglasses
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• fit low vision aids
• handle contact lenses
• maintain records of clients' prescriptions
• maintain relationship with customers
• maintain relationship with suppliers
• make referrals to ophthalmology
• monitor stock level
• operate cash point
• operate cash register
• operate optical measuring equipment
• perform frames' repairs
• promote inclusion
• quality standards of ophthalmic equipment
• repair lenses
• sell optical products
• use lensometer
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, an optician is also versed in:

• achieve sales targets
• adhere to organisational guidelines
• apply numeracy skills
• apply organisational techniques
• comply with legislation related to health care
• comply with optical prescriptions
• deal with emergency care situations
• dispense corrective lenses
• educate on the prevention of illness
• empathise with the healthcare user
• ensure client orientation
• eye protection regulations
• follow clinical guidelines
• have computer literacy
• health care legislation
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• manage staff
• optical glass characteristics
• optical instruments
• prepare optical laboratory activities
• process payments
• respond to changing situations in health care
• verify lenses compliance
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• provide health education
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care