Licensed Optician Jobs

Turning somebody else's prescription into glasses or contact lenses that fit the person in front of them is the work, and whether it needs a license at all depends on the state it's done in.

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Licensed Optician

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On-site, Seminole, FLFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Lakeland, FLPart-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - General Manager

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On-site, Palm Beach Gardens, FLFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Eielson AFB, AKPart-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Middletown, OHPart-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Optician - Suburban Square

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On-site, PennsylvaniaFull-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Licensed Optician - Southcenter Mall

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On-site, WashingtonFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Tarpon Springs, FLPart-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Optician - Harbor East

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On-site, United StatesFull-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Optician - King of Prussia

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On-site, PennsylvaniaPart-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Cape Coral, FLFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Linden, NJPart-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Old Bridge, NJFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Columbus, GAFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Stratford, CTFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Optical Specialist

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On-site, Cape Coral, FLFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Fairlawn, OHPart-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Licensed Optician - Charlotte Metro

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On-site, North CarolinaFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Richmond, VAPart-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, West Palm Beach, FLPart-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Lynchburg, VAPart-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Optical Specialist

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On-site, Tucson, AZFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Harrisonburg, VAFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Fort Lewis, WAFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Optical Specialist

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On-site, Alcoa, TNFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician

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On-site, Apopka, FLFull-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Optician - King of Prussia

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On-site, PennsylvaniaFull-timeState Optician License
National Vision

Licensed Optician - Part Time

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On-site, Glendora, CAPart-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Licensed Optician - Boynton Beach Marketplace

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On-site, FloridaFull-timeState Optician License
Warby Parker

Licensed Optician - Chestnut Hill

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On-site, MassachusettsPart-timeState Optician License

Regulated without being licensed

Texas issues no optician license and still writes the rules of the room. Where an optometrist shares premises with a dispensing optician, solid partitions have to separate the two from floor to ceiling, with a separate patient entrance; the optometrist may own that dispensing business, hold stock or be a partner, as long as its records and accounts stay separate from the optometric practice (Tex. Occ. Code 351.364). Every duty in that section falls on the optometrist beside you.

Your questions about licensed optician jobs, answered

Which states license opticians?

About 21 of them, and ABO-NCLE keeps the directory, dated April 2025. New York licenses ophthalmic dispensing, Florida licenses opticians through its Board of Opticianry, Nevada licenses dispensing opticians, California registers spectacle and contact lens dispensers through its Board of Optometry, and Washington licenses through its Department of Health. The regulator isn't always a board of opticianry, so start from the directory instead of guessing the agency.

How do people get in where a license is required?

Florida shows the usual shape. Its law takes either an associate degree in opticianry or a 6,240-hour registered apprenticeship, supervised by an optician licensed for at least a year, an optometrist or a physician, and every applicant sits the licensure examination either way. The apprenticeship replaces the degree, so nobody skips the exam by taking it.

Does the license travel?

Each board issues its own, and what your current license buys you in the next state is that regulator's decision. The part that carries over unchanged is the national exam behind it, since several of these states examine on ABO and NCLE papers.

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