The Collar360

Optician

Other names

contact lens specialist, spectacle dispensing optician, dispensing optician, optician expert, qualified optician, expert optician, corrective lens dispenser, contact lens optician

Therapy and rehabilitation

They measure people's eyes and faces, then fit glasses and contact lenses to help them see better.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centres of eyes, using measuring devices.

  2. 2

    Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.

  3. 3

    Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
opticien/opticienne
español
óptico/óptica
العربية
أخصائي بصريات
português
ótico-optometrista/ótica-optometrista
Deutsch
Augenoptiker/Augenoptikerin
italiano
ottico

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