opticians?

[anna379]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

for those of you who are and have worked as opticians, what states do not require opticians to be licensed? also, any idea on what the average salary for a starting optician is? do you feel it's a good preparation for optometry?
thanks!!!

 

[al-majhul]

for those of you who are and have worked as opticians, what states do not require opticians to be licensed? also, any idea on what the average salary for a starting optician is? do you feel it's a good preparation for optometry?
thanks!!!

anna379,

You may want to read the threads after Ning's post on this article...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=182955

Just to summarize my story, I do optician-like work in California, although I'm not schooled or licensed in opticianry. From what I understand, it's a licensed profession in California, but Optometrists seem to be free to hire anyone they want (such as I was). My starting salary was $9 -- although my doctor told me she would have started me off on more if her's wasn't a new business that's still not meeting overhead. Although she also mentioned that she knew that $9 was low for a person with a B.S., but that's really all she could afford. So I'm not sure if their starting salary would be higher than that simply for being an optician.

I would say it's DEFINITELY a good idea for learning about optometry. I had no idea what spheres, cylinders, and axes were all about until I started working at my office. See the post I mentioned for further details.

 

[anna379]

thanks !

anna379,

You may want to read the threads after Ning's post on this article...

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=182955

Just to summarize my story, I do optician-like work in California, although I'm not schooled or licensed in opticianry. From what I understand, it's a licensed profession in California, but Optometrists seem to be free to hire anyone they want (such as I was). My starting salary was $9 -- although my doctor told me she would have started me off on more if her's wasn't a new business that's still not meeting overhead. Although she also mentioned that she knew that $9 was low for a person with a B.S., but that's really all she could afford. So I'm not sure if their starting salary would be higher than that simply for being an optician.

I would say it's DEFINITELY a good idea for learning about optometry. I had no idea what spheres, cylinders, and axes were all about until I started working at my office. See the post I mentioned for further details.