Optician at Asterisk Kenya

Job Profile 

• Verify measurements of clients’ i.e. bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
• Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
• Assist clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
• Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
• Manage Sell goods such as contact lenses, spectacles, sunglasses, and other goods related to eyes in general.
• Heat, shape, or bend plastic or metal frames in order to adjust eyeglasses to fit clients, using pliers and hands.
• Ensure proper maintenance of records within the department.Basic bookkeeping duties associated with tracking patient’s orders received, recording purchases, maintaining and tracking inventory.
• Being in charge of the optical workshop, managing its operations and working closely with other interlinked departments e.g. finance for smooth flow of operations.
• Prepare and submit periodic reports as and when they are required by the management. 

Skills, Knowledge and Experience: 

• A Diploma in Optical Technology from a reputable Institution.
• S/he should have at least 2-3 year’s work experience
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Good exposure in operating manual and semi-auto machines.
• Excellent leadership skills.