OES Code: 325140

ALAMEDA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR OPTICIANS - DISPENSING & MEASURING

Opticians design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for clients according to written optical prescriptions or specifications. They assist clients with selecting frames according to style and color, measure customers for size of eyeglasses, and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. In addition, they prepare work orders for optical laboratories containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames, verify the exactness of finished lens spectacles, adjust frame and lens position to fit clients, and shape or reshape frames. Includes Contact Lens Opticians.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
290	300	3%	10	50	60

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE OPTICIANS - DISPENSING & MEASURING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
8042	Offices & clinics of optometrists
5995	Optical goods stores
8011	Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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