Optical Assistant Apprenticeship gives people a chance to start an exciting career while earning a full-time wage.

Requirements

• GCSE in Maths (grade 9-4 (A*- C))
• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Ability to travel to the store location on a daily basis

Responsibilities

• Booking customers' eye tests
• Pre-screening patients
• Recommending suitable frames
• Measuring frames
• Providing customers with top-notch advice
• Welcoming customers to the store
• Ensuring the store runs smoothly by looking out for any problems

Benefits

• Wage: £16,163.40 a year (£7.75 per hour)
• Training course: Optical assistant 2022 (level 3)
• Hours: Full-time, 40 hours a week, to include weekend working (days and times to be confirmed)
• Start date: Wednesday 8 April 2026
• Duration: 1 year 6 months
• Opportunity to become a fully qualified Level 3 Optical Assistant with a wide range of career options

Application Process

• Most of your apprenticeship is spent working, learning on the job by getting hands-on experience.
• Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training to gain professional knowledge and skills.
• Training schedule includes Level 3 Optical Assistant Apprenticeship Standard qualification, End-Point Assessment (EPA), and Functional Skills in English if required.
• Daily on-the-job training in store - no college to attend.
• Training provider: Specsavers Optical Superstores Limited.
• Training schedule has yet to be agreed upon, further details will be made available at a later date.

About Specsavers

Specsavers have been a family business for over 35 years, working together with our store partners to provide the best value optometry, audiology and other healthcare service for our customers. You’ll find us in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Australia and New Zealand, employing over 38,000 people who work across our 2,293 stores, as well as in our support offices and throughout the supply chain.

Contact

• Contact for this apprenticeship: SPECSAVERS OPTICAL SUPERSTORES LIMITED
• Reference code: VAC2000018557