A optician is a technical practitioner who corrects a person’s vision using glasses or lens . The person will give the correct lens and advices him the right glasses with correct power. The appliance can be glasses, lenses or any other aids. A optician may work in an hospital, clinic or in a spectacle shop. Opticians only deal with the fitting of glasses and an optician cannot prescribe any treatments.
An optician mainly makes lenses. The person will design the lens according to the customers need. They are specialized in the making of lenses and glasses for a patient .They also create glasses for people who have complex vision. Patients go to opticians to get their vision fixed with lenses and they cannot suggest any diagnosis.
To be a Optician , the student must study courses in Optometry.
Step 1 To study the courses for optometry one must pass 12th std with Science and Biology as a major.
Step 2 Study the course Optometry from top universities some of the universities are
1)Bhartha VidyaPeed Deemed university ,Pune
Eligibility-EYECET entrance
Duration-4 yrs
Bachelors in Optometry
2)CMC Vellore
Eligibility-Entrance
Duration-4yrs
Bachelors in Optometry
3)JSS Medical College,Mysore
Eligibility-EYECET
Duration-4 yrs
Bachelors in Optometry
4)Alsalama School of Optometry ,Kerala
Eligibility-EYECET
Duration-4 yrs
Bachelors in Optometry
5)College of Optometry and Optometric Science, Nasik
Eligibility-EYECET
Duration-4 yrs
Bachelors in Optometry
An optometrist can work in hospitals, clinics, lens industries and eye departments.
They can pursue higher education or can go for further research in the field of Optometry. Optometrists could also take up the work of occupational health specialists in the vision care of industrial workers. They can even start their own clinics for eye correction.
An optometrist will get a good remuneration working as an optician. The person will be employed in clinics and spectacle shop. He will get an amount of Rs 10,000 in the initial stage ,it will also depend on the business of the company. But with experience you can get a very high amount.An optician can also set up his own practices and make money. It is also advisable to take higher degrees in optometry ,so that you can pursue as a professor which will give you a salary of Rs 40,000-Rs 60,000.
