Eyecare Specialist
Helping others see better
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Graduate Success Stories
Eyecare Specialist Course Activities
The Eyecare Specialist program at North-West College is a professional health care training course designed to provide the fundamental knowledge and education needed to work as a technical assistant under a doctor’s supervision.
Eyecare Specialists routinely perform a variety of important tasks, including:
- Scheduling patient appointments.
- Receiving customers’ prescriptions for eyeglasses or contact lenses.
- Measuring customers’ eyes and faces, such as the distance between their pupils.
- Helping customers choose eyeglass frames and lens treatments, such as eyewear for occupational use or sports, tints or anti-reflective coatings, based on their vision needs and style preferences.
- Creating work orders for ophthalmic laboratory technicians, providing information about the lenses needed.
- Adjusting eyewear to ensure a good fit.
- Repairing or replacing broken eyeglass frames.
- Educating customers about eyewear—for example, show them how to care for their contact lenses.
- Performing business tasks, such as maintaining sales records, keeping track of customers’ prescriptions, and ordering and maintaining inventory.
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