Whatever your interests, there’s a career in eyecare that’s just right for you. From optometry to optical sales, frame design to practice manager, take a look at these ideas.
Patient care
There are lots of careers where you can make a difference to people’s health, from saving their sight to looking after those facing life-changing conditions.
People skills
Do you enjoy communicating and spending time your day interacting with other people? These roles might be right for you.
All the roles under ‘patient care’ also involve people skills.
A head for business
If you get a kick from being organised, from succeeding in meeting targets, or from leading teams, think about these ideas.
- Start out as an optical assistant in a big firm such as Specsavers or Vision Express and you can go on to climb the career ladder to senior management
- Optical sales rep
- Practice manager
Science and technology
If you want to work at the cutting edge of new developments, and you are good at maths and science, you might flourish in these areas.
A flair for fashion
Enjoy art and design? If you have an eye for the latest trends, look at these fields.
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