New career guides available on Careers in Eyecare

Rebecca is a vision rehabilitation assistant

Have you browsed through the career guides available on this site?

Whether you are looking for an entry level role or aiming for a degree, there are lots of careers in eyecare that might appeal to you.

New roles added recently

With help from eyecare charity SeeAbility, we have recently added two new careers where you can help people with visual impairments make the most of their sight and be as independent as possible.

There’s more to lenses than you might think

Vision rehabilitation specialist

Vision rehabilitation assistant

Lens design company IOT has given us an insight into the work that goes into designing spectacle lenses. Did you know that there is a career as a lens designer?

What’s it really like to work as a …?

We have also had some new ‘day in the life’ contributions.

Stephen at work

You could read about:

Clinical research optometrist Paulina

DO and business owner Jim

Service engineer Stephen

Design inspiration

Joyce modelling her own design

And why not get inspired by the work of the young designers from the RCA who recently won a frame design competition. Meet them all here in our Design category.