Increasing Role of Opticians:

 Who is the optician-

            An optician or a dispensing optician is a technical practitioner who designs, fits, and dispenses lenses for the correction of a person’s vision.

            An optician has very much importance in the life of a person having  spect or vision defects. Every optician tries to play his role at  best level. Opticians guide their customer in the right way to provide the best services. If his customer get satisfied with his service, the customer will come back to his shop otherwise, he will go in search of another better optician for his need.

          To hold your customer you must have all knowledge of the related field. According to the survey, it comes to know that most of the optician has their shop from their ancestor & they are just carring forward this business but most of them doesn't have earned any  scientific knowledge.

      As we all know that, in today’s lifestyle the use of laptops, computers,t.v.& mobiles have increased beyond imagination. Even small children become addicted to using these devices as a result eye disorders or low vision aid are increasing day by day. If a problem arises with a vision the affected person goes to the ophthalmic doctor. He /she checks the patients' eyes scientifically & advises them on medicine or spect as per the need.

If the patient is advised to use spect, the Dr.gives a written prescription .

       Patients go to opticians to prepare spects according to the prescription. Opticians first review the prescription, then suggest frame styles, types of lenses, or contact lenses. A good optician not only helps customers for selecting their frames or lenses that fit their prescription needs,but also help customers to make the best selections to complement their appearances.

             When a patient or customer completes their selection of frames or lenses they want, opticians need to measure the customer’s eyes to prepare the frames accurately. Now they help in selecting lens treatments, such as non-reflective coating tints & others that improve the customer’s vision. After this opticians send it to a laboratory where the glasses are customized & made for the customer. By completing the procedure of lab, the optician makes adjustments and ensures that the lenses & contact meet the customer’s needs.

            In a Regular Eye care System, most of the time a person enters the system for an Eye examination and gets treated at the level of refractive error through an Optician.According to Survey, an Optician does 230 eye testing in a month (average) which implies that in a year .An Optician does 2760 Eye testing/ year.If there is any Major Problem, then the Opticians refer the customer to Doctors for further treatment. According to a Survey, an Optician refer 22 Customers per month for further treatment. This implies that in year one Opticians refer 264 Customers for further treatment.

            Considering all data points we can conclude that thousands of people get their eyes tested by an optician. Hence In a regular Eye care System, Opticians are contributing in a major way to the detection and correction of Refractive errors as well as reference to the next level for further intervention.Let’s have a look at following graph which are showing the numbers of opticians and certified opticians

               We need certified and skilled experienced manpower in eye care sector.Thus the availability of skilled human resources in the remotest of areas, rural areas, etc will automatically increases.Due to this the rate of detection of refractive errors and other conditions will be accelerated.People get easy access to basic eye testing services.Adequate and well-managed resources get available and the burden of blindness will decrease drastically.

               An optician is a bridge between an ophthalmic doctor & patient. If the optician works properly then both get satisfied.

             As the uses of laptops, mobiles & other electrical watching devices are increasing tremendously. No one can control their addiction to these devices. So individuals from all age groups are failing to meet vision defects. Because of this the need for certified opticians & optical shops is also increasing day by day. To fulfill this demand, we will require more certified opticians in the coming future. So career opportunities can also have a vast future in this field.