Optician

Description of Education

A vocational course of Optician prepares pupils for the profession of an optician that closely cooperates with an optometrist and ophthalmologist in terms of ensuring correction of refractive errors of the eye. A graduate is able to manufacture all types of common and specialised spectacles and visual aids, as prescribed by a doctor or optometrist, as well as to adjust and repair them and provide specialised advisory.
The teaching language is Czech.

Organisation of Education

The education is organised in a four-year day course with a school-leaving examination - maturita. A part of the education is specialised training in the subject of spectacles manufacturing which is performed in technical classrooms under the supervision and tutelage of expert teachers. Pupils participate in a coherent four-week practical training course in the third year of their study at selected workplaces of optical shops.

Graduate Profile

• a graduate helps an optical shop client with choosing spectacle lenses and frames, giving technical advice
• manufactures correction aids according to medical prescriptions
• measures centration parameters and adjusts the frame according to anatomical requirements
• repairs spectacles
• operates special machine equipment and modern devices
• processes the retail paperwork
• is an autonomous worker who, after gaining appropriate experience, can hold a post of an optical shop manager