Dispensing Optician Resume Template
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Kayla Price
Dispensing Optician, ABOC · Private Practice Optical
Los Angeles, CA · (213) 555-9580 · kayla.price@email.com · linkedin.com/in/kaylaprice
Spectacle Lens Dispenser (SLD)
California State Board of Optometry
ABO Certified Optician (ABOC)
American Board of Opticianry
NCLE Certified (NCLEC)
National Contact Lens Examiners
Profile
ABO-certified optician with 11 years in private-practice and retail optical, fitting 20–30 patients a day. As optical manager, grew eyewear revenue 28% to $1.1M a year and cut remakes to under 3% of jobs.
Optical Experience
Optical Manager
2020 – Present
Silver Lake Eye Care, Los Angeles, CA
- Manage a 3-optician dispensary with 900 frames and $1.1M in yearly eyewear sales.
- Grew revenue 28% by adding progressive lens consults and a second-pair program.
- Take PD, segment height, vertex and pantoscopic tilt for digital freeform progressives.
- Cut remakes to under 3% by verifying every finished job on the lensometer against ANSI Z80.1.
- Buy frames from 12 vendors and manage lab orders with VSP, Essilor and Zeiss labs.
Dispensing Optician
2016 – 2020
Westwood Optical Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Fitted 20–30 patients a day with frames and lenses based on prescription, job and lifestyle.
- Recommended lens materials, AR coatings and photochromics for high minus and high plus Rx.
- Adjusted and repaired frames, replacing hinges, nose pads and temples on site.
- Processed VSP, EyeMed and Davis Vision benefits and kept orders and payments in OfficeMate.
Optician Apprentice
2014 – 2016
Pasadena Family Optometry, Pasadena, CA
- Edged and mounted single-vision lenses on a Santinelli edger in the in-office lab.
- Measured pupillary distance and adjusted frames under a registered spectacle lens dispenser.
Dispensing Skills
Progressive lens fittingFrame selection & stylingLens material & coatingsRx verification (ANSI Z80.1)Frame adjustment & repairVision insurance billingOptical inventory
Tools & Systems
OfficeMate
Compulink Eyecare Advantage
Topcon CL-300 lensmeter
Santinelli LE-9000 edger
Essilor Visioffice
Education
High School Diploma
2013
John Marshall High School
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Licenses and certifications
- American Board of Opticianry Certification (ABOC) American Board of Opticianry Optional, valued by employers
- State Optician License State Board of Opticians Optional, valued by employers
Sources: www.bls.gov, www.abo-ncle.org
Licensing rules differ by state; check with your state board before you apply.
Skills to list
- Eyeglass Fitting
- Lens Selection and Ordering
- Frame Adjustment
- PD/Optical Measurements
- Contact Lens Dispensing
- Point-of-Sale Systems
- Insurance Verification
- Customer Service
Software and tools
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office software
- First Insight MaximEyes
- HealthLine Systems Eyecom
- Insight Software My Vision Express
- OfficeMate Software Solutions OfficeMate
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Database software
- Compulink Eyecare Advantage
Duties to describe on a dispensing optician resume
- Measured clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
- Verified that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
- Evaluated prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.
- Recommended specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
- Assisted clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.
- Maintained records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments.
Titles along the way
- Optician Apprentice
- Dispensing Optician
- Optical Manager
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