Optical Assistant
retail_hospitality › Optical · S1 — S1 — Support Associate · Support
Entry-level support role helping customers select, fit, and care for eyewear under supervision.
Median pay · United States · annual
$37,323 USD
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What this role is
Entry-level support role helping customers select, fit, and care for eyewear under supervision. At the Support Associate (S1) level, the role owns a single task type or queue, routine, well-defined requests, and drives individual transactions. None.
What this level does
- Greets and welcomes customers into the optical store, shows them the frame boards, and helps them narrow selections to frames that fit their stated needs under the direction of an optician or senior associate
- Rings up sales and processes payments on the point-of-sale system following step-by-step instructions provided for each transaction type
- Merchandises and straightens frame boards, cleans display cases, and restocks eyewear accessories so the sales floor stays presentation-ready
- Performs basic eyewear cleaning and simple screw/nosepad fixes on customer glasses using standard tools, escalating anything beyond a minor fix
- Answers routine customer questions about store hours, order pick-up status, and pricing, referring anything requiring judgment to more experienced staff
- Knowledge applied
- General knowledge of store routines — frame boards, POS basics, and cleaning/minor fixes; applies specific instructions given for each task.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Routine, prescribed tasks with readily available answers; escalates anything requiring measurement or fit judgment.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Works under close supervision of an optician or senior associate; standard customer greeting and hand-off interactions.
- Typical experience
- 0–1 years; minimal optical-retail experience.
Skills at this level
- Eyewear Measurement
- — Takes accurate measurements of the eyes and facial features — including pupillary distance via pupillometer and frame-fit dimensions — to specify lenses that will sit and read correctly for the customer.
- Frame and Lens Dispensing
- — Recommends frames, lens types, and coatings suited to the customer's prescription and needs, and dispenses finished eyewear, confirming fit and clarity at hand-off.
- Eyewear Adjustment and Repair
- — Adjusts and repairs eyewear — heat-fitting frames, replacing nosepads, and fixing temples, hinges, and screws — to restore correct fit and function on customer glasses.
- Lensometry
- — Uses a lensometer to read and verify lens power, add, and axis in a finished pair against the work order to confirm the lab produced the prescription correctly.
- Lab Work Order Preparation
- — Prepares work orders for optical technicians and outside labs, specifying lens material, coatings, tints, and measurements so the correct lenses are manufactured.
- Lens Edging and Finishing
- — Operates lens edging and optical finishing equipment to cut lenses to frame shape, observing the safety protocols required at the retail bench.
- Point-of-Sale Order Processing
- — Completes and processes sales orders promptly and accurately on the optical POS system, capturing lens, frame, and pricing details and tracking order status to pick-up.
- Vision Insurance Verification
- — Verifies customer vision-plan eligibility and benefits, applies coverage to orders, and reconciles or troubleshoots rejected claims with the plan and the customer.
- Frame Inventory Management
- — Merchandises frame boards and tracks eyewear stock — counting, restocking, and reordering frames and accessories to keep the sales floor stocked and presentable.
- Optical Retail Customer Service
- — Guides eyewear customers through selection and fitting, resolves complaints and remakes, and manages expectations on order timing to retain the customer's business.
- Optical Equipment Operation
- — Uses specialized optical equipment — calipers, lensometers, pupillometers, and lens gauges — to measure, verify, and finish eyewear accurately.
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