Apprentice Optical Assistant

• Employer: Angela Reed Ltd (Boots Opticians)
• Location: Kenilworth
• Vacancy Ref: 00001569
• Weekly wage: £283.13
• Hours per week: 37.5
• Sector: Optical

We are on the lookout for an Apprentice Optical Assistant to join our team! This is a great starting opportunity to kick start your career in Optics! You will gain valuable experience in the work place and will also be enrolled onto an apprenticeship with our Training provider, Training 2000. You will attend weekly online lessons to gain valuable knowledge to enable you with the skills, knowledge and behaviours to pass the apprenticeship and be confident in your job role as an Optical Assistant.

Our customers are at the heart of our business, and we are committed to providing exceptional care to them.

This is a fantastic and unique opportunity to embark on a journey towards a great career.

Starting as an Optical Assistant apprentice with future opportunities for career progression, you will be supported with loads of great, fun, and interactive training. You will use these exciting new skills in your day–to–day job, where you will gain customer service skills, knowledge in optical support, and develop behaviour suitable for working in an optical practice.

Those with a flair for fashion will love the new frames coming in, and if it’s your forte, you may even get involved in meeting frame reps and helping choose the new ranges. If you are more technical, you will get to learn lots of information about lenses and measurements, then transform that information into jargon–free, easy–to–understand, customer–friendly language.

It’s all about teamwork in an optician’s practice. There are many roles, but you support each other to ensure your customers get the best experience possible. Optical assistants are a very important part of any optical practice and crucial to the customer journey. Individuals with a real passion for both healthcare and retail thrive in this role, as it?s perfect for those who love to make a real difference in other people’s lives.

Your duties in this role will be varied and include:

• Welcoming customers into store
• Booking in eye tests
• Assisting our patients in the pre–screen process
• Providing style advice
• Measuring frames
• Taking phone calls and reception duties

• Level 3 Optical Assistant Apprenticeship.

• Functional Skills Level 2 maths and English can be obtained on the course if you dont already hold these qualifications.