Description
Set up, operate, and maintain machines that cut, generate, edge, and polish ophthalmic lenses to prescription specifications. Center and align lens blanks, control curvature and thickness, and inspect finished lenses to ensure optical quality and fit.
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Customer and Personal Service
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
- • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
- • Quality Control Analysis
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Written Comprehension
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Rate Control
Reaction Time and Speed Abilities
- • Reaction Time
- • Wrist-Finger Speed
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Visual Color Discrimination
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
Related specializations
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Related Pathways
Healthcare & Human Services
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
