Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician Career

Job Description: Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.


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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician Career

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High School Diploma usually needed for this career