Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Tasks Include:
- Adjust lenses and frames to correct alignment.
- Mount, secure, and align finished lenses in frames or optical assemblies, using precision hand tools.
- Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines.
- Shape lenses appropriately so that they can be inserted into frames.
- Assemble eyeglass frames and attach shields, nose pads, and temple pieces, using pliers, screwdrivers, and drills.
- Inspect lens blanks to detect flaws, verify smoothness of surface, and ensure thickness of coating on lenses.
- Clean finished lenses and eyeglasses, using cloths and solvents.
- Select lens blanks, molds, tools, and polishing or grinding wheels, according to production specifications.
- Examine prescriptions, work orders, or broken or used eyeglasses to determine specifications for lenses, contact lenses, or other optical elements.
- Set dials and start machines to polish lenses or hold lenses against rotating wheels to polish them manually.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +17.4%
National: +3.5%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$36,810.00
State
$36,150.00
Regional
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 56.40%
- Some College Courses = 14.58%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 8.82%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 6.54%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 4.83%
- Bachelor's Degree = 3.73%
- Master's Degree = 3.66%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 1.43%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 27.06%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25.85%
- None = 23.23%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 17.96%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.99%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 1.50%
- Up to and including 1 month = 0.41%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 30.66%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 19.06%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 17.96%
- None = 5.35%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.24%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.75%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 30.91%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 28.19%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 20.76%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.21%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.66%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 2.27%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Adjust lenses and frames to correct alignment.
- Mount, secure, and align finished lenses in frames or optical assemblies, using precision hand tools.
- Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines.
- Shape lenses appropriately so that they can be inserted into frames.
- Assemble eyeglass frames and attach shields, nose pads, and temple pieces, using pliers, screwdrivers, and drills.
- Inspect lens blanks to detect flaws, verify smoothness of surface, and ensure thickness of coating on lenses.
- Clean finished lenses and eyeglasses, using cloths and solvents.
- Select lens blanks, molds, tools, and polishing or grinding wheels, according to production specifications.
- Examine prescriptions, work orders, or broken or used eyeglasses to determine specifications for lenses, contact lenses, or other optical elements.
- Set dials and start machines to polish lenses or hold lenses against rotating wheels to polish them manually.
- Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses, flats, blanks, or other precision optical elements.
- Repair broken parts, using precision hand tools and soldering irons.
- Position and adjust cutting tools to specified curvature, dimensions, and depth of cut.
- Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Remove lenses from molds and separate lenses in containers for further processing or storage.
- Lay out lenses and trace lens outlines on glass, using templates.
- Immerse eyeglass frames in solutions to harden, soften, or dye frames.
- Control equipment that coats lenses to alter their reflective qualities.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
71.50 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
58.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
58.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
52.75 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
50.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
56.25 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
65.50 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
62.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
62.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
59.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Wrist-Finger Speed | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
67.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
60.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
59.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
58.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
57.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
56.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
56.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
55.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
55.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
53.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
53.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
52.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
51.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
51.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
49.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
49.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
83.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
80.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
72.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
72.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
70.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
70.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
69.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
68.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
67.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
58.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
57.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
55.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
54.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
52.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
91.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
91.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
86.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
85.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
83.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
83.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
82.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
81.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
79.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
78.00 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
77.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
76.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
74.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
71.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
70.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
70.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
69.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
69.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
68.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
66.20 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
64.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
64.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
63.60 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
60.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
56.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
56.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
56.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
53.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
52.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $27,930.00 | $36,810.00 | $45,180.00 |
Virginia | $26,750.00 | $36,150.00 | $40,330.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $30,178.92 | $34,391.19 | $39,258.96 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $29,810.01 | $32,574.77 | $38,316.88 |
Northern Virginia | $32,788.40 | $39,041.16 | $44,112.14 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 20,200 | 20,900 | +3.5% |
Virginia | 810 | 951 | +17.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
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- Contact Lens Cutter
- Contact Lens Lathe Operator
- Contact Lens Manufacturer
- Contact Lens Technician
- Cylinder Grinder
- Cylinder Worker
- Diamond Grinder
- Dotter
- Driller
- Edge Grinder
- Edger
- Edger Technician
- Eyeglass Assembler
- Eyeglass Cutter
- Eyeglass Lens Cutter
- Eyeglass Maker
- Finishing Lab Technician
- Glass Cutter
- Glass Frame Fitter
- Glass Silverer
- Grinder
- Hand Glass Cutter
- Hand Lens Polisher
- Lab Manager
- Lab Optician
- Lab Technician
- Lathe Operator
- Layout Technician
- Lens Cementer
- Lens Coating Technician
- Lens Cutter
- Lens Dotter
- Lens Edger
- Lens Fabricating Machine Tender
- Lens Finisher
- Lens Generator
- Lens Grinder
- Lens Grinder and Polisher
- Lens Grinder Apprentice
- Lens Maker
- Lens Mold Setter
- Lens Mounter
- Lens Polisher
- Lens Shaper Grinder
- Lens Silverer
- Line Operator
- Ophthalmic Technician
- Optical Element Coater
- Optical Goods Drill Operator
- Optical Goods Drilling Machine Operator
- Optical Instrument Assembler
- Optical Lab Technician
- Optical Laboratory Mechanic
- Optical Mechanic
- Optical Technician
- Optical Worker
- Optician
- Optician Apprentice
- Polisher
- Precision Lens Centerer and Edger
- Precision Lens Generator
- Precision Lens Grinder
- Precision Lens Grinder Apprentice
- Precision Lens Polisher
- Precision Optical Goods Worker
- Prescription Eyeglass Maker
- Prism Measurer
- Spectacle Truer
- Spotter
- Surface Grinder
- Surface Room Floater
- Surface Room Shop Optician
- Surfacer
- Surfacing Technician
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Related Schools
- Broward College
- Hillsborough Community College
- Southwest University at El Paso
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)