Optometry Technician or Assistant

Optometry Technician or Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: They are a specialized kind of medical assistant. They work in the office of an optometrists, visions or eye clinics, and many other facilities that offer vision care services. Some duties that they must perform are that they can both be administrative and clinical, even though some clinical duties vary with the state they work in. Some assistants help the Optometrists by helping them conduct diagnostic test on their patients. They must also record and measure the patient's vision, test their eye function, instruct the patients of how to insert and care for the contact lenses, they must also prepare the examination rooms, clean and arrange the equipment, answer the phone, help patients make their appointments, handle bookkeepings, and many other things. 

Salary: The median salary for the Optometry Technician or Assistant is $30,590. 

Education: They must have their high school diploma, 1-2 year training program must be taken(in community colleges and vocational schools), they should also have strong organizational skills, interpersonal skills, communication skills, and they must also be good multi-taskers.

Demand or Need for this Profession: The outlook for this particular job is expected to grow by 23% throughout the years of 2014-2024.

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

      I think I would like to be an Optometry assistant because I like to meet new people and I like to be able to communicate with others and help them sort out the problems. I would also like to be one because I find this particular side of the medical field very interesting and I am getting help in studying various parts of the heart and eyes from some doctors. This is why I would like to be a Optometry Assistant.