Opticians, Dispensing

Does not pass

• Measure clients' bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using measuring devices.

  physical work, outside the screen · 7.0% of the role's time · $278M

• Assist clients in selecting frames according to style and color, and ensure that frames are coordinated with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.8% of the role's time · $268M · waiting on a check

• Recommend specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.6% of the role's time · $263M

• Heat, shape, or bend plastic or metal frames to adjust eyeglasses to fit clients, using pliers and hands.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.5% of the role's time · $259M

• Evaluate prescriptions in conjunction with clients' vocational and avocational visual requirements.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.2% of the role's time · $244M

• Instruct clients in how to wear and care for eyeglasses.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 5.8% of the role's time · $229M · waiting on a check

• Verify that finished lenses are ground to specifications.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.5% of the role's time · $217M

• Prepare work orders and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 5.2% of the role's time · $205M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Determine clients' current lens prescriptions, when necessary, using lensometers or lens analyzers and clients' eyeglasses.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.1% of the role's time · $201M

• Perform administrative duties, such as tracking inventory and sales, submitting patient insurance information, and performing simple bookkeeping.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 4.5% of the role's time · $178M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Order and purchase frames and lenses.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 3.7% of the role's time · $146M

• Assemble eyeglasses by cutting and edging lenses, and fitting the lenses into frames.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.4% of the role's time · $135M

• Arrange and maintain displays of optical merchandise.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.3% of the role's time · $131M

• Show customers how to insert, remove, and care for their contact lenses.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.2% of the role's time · $128M

• Fabricate lenses to meet prescription specifications.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.0% of the role's time · $120M

• Repair damaged frames.

  physical work, outside the screen · 2.8% of the role's time · $111M

• Grind lens edges, or apply coatings to lenses.

  physical work, outside the screen · 2.6% of the role's time · $102M

• Supervise the training of student opticians.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 2.5% of the role's time · $99.5M