Optician

Duties and Responsibilities: Opticians fit and dispense eyeglasses for patients based upon prescriptions written by ophthalmologist or optometrists. Opticians help the customer’s select eyeglasses frames and then measure their faces so that the correct size frames can be ordered. They also measure the distance between the corneas of the eyes so that the lenses may be correctly filtered in the frames.

Average Salary: $19,000-$40,000

Educational Requirements:  Students should take high school courses in physics, algebra, mechanical drawing, and geometry. A high school diploma or GED certificate is needed to begin training as an optician. There are two types of training programs.