The O*NET Military Crosswalk connects this Optician designation to the civilian directions shown below. Review each civilian direction's published work details, then keep only experience you can verify. The connection does not prove that you performed a mapped task.
About this designation: The source identifies this designation as Optician. Its shared civilian crosswalk evidence does not establish which duties, tools, credentials, or level of responsibility you personally held.
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Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Includes contact lens opticians.
Typical national pay$38,820–$61,700Median $47,260 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 3: medium preparation is usually needed.
Civilian licensing or certification is common in this occupation. Check the state where you plan to work.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.
Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.
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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.
Typical national pay$36,470–$47,010Median $39,460 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 2: some preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines.
Inspect lens blanks to detect flaws, verify smoothness of surface, and ensure thickness of coating on lenses.
Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses, flats, blanks, or other precision optical elements.
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Dispensing Optician
1 certification
Summary
Optician designing, measuring, fitting, and adapting lenses and frames for clients based on optical prescriptions, while assisting with contact lens care and frame selection. Prepares work orders for optical laboratories and verifies finished lens accuracy
Experience
Dispensing Optician
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Measured clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices
Verified that finished lenses were 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, ensuring coordination with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions
Maintained records of customer prescriptions, work orders, and payments
Instructing patients in use, Recommending assistive devices
Core Skills
Gathering medical histories, Fabricating medical devices, Performing clerical work
Checking & Planning
Measuring physical attributes, Evaluating treatment options, Verifying patient information accuracy
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
Certifications & Licenses
State license for this work Your state board, Year
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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician
Summary
Ophthalmic laboratory technician cutting, grinding, and polishing lenses and optical elements, assembling and mounting them into frames while inspecting for quality and ensuring specifications are met
Experience
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Mounted and secured lens blanks in machines for cutting, polishing, and grinding
Inspected lens blanks for flaws and checked smoothness and thickness of coatings
Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses and optical elements
Inspected and measured lenses after completion to verify alignment and specifications
Cleaned finished lenses and eyeglasses using cloths and solvents
Mounted and aligned finished lenses in frames using hand tools
Examined prescriptions and work orders to determine specifications for lenses
Skills
Hands-On Work
Shaping glass or materials, Cleaning workpieces or products, Soldering parts or workpieces, Removing workpieces from molds
Core Skills
Reading work orders or instructions, Repairing assistive devices
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The mapped civilian record lists this task: Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices. Identify comparable experience only if you can verify it.
Also examine this mapped civilian task: Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines. Keep it only if your own service evidence supports it.
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Which parts of your Optician experience can you support when considering the civilian directions shown below?
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Fictional example: In my Optician assignment, I [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
After
Fictional example: Supported [civilian work area] by [verified task] using [verified tool or record].
Why this wording is fair
Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.
Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines.
Use the pattern, not the sentence: keep it only when the same facts are true for you.
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Rung starts with Dispensing Optician. Choose another direction above at any time; the code and only the skills you confirm will carry into the interview on this device.
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Editorial reviewer: Rung Guru editorial QA. Approved: 2026-08-09T19:35:00+00:00.
Structured guidance last changed: 2026-08-08. Source-verification dates appear with each source below.
Why: to help veterans evaluate civilian directions and recover truthful resume evidence before entering Rung.
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