What is your occupation/job?

Hey my agency was supposed to sort me out with this kind of holiday-time work and as yet nothing! How did you get into it?


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oooooooh that's cool!

i know you aren't an ophthalmologist BUT do you know what degree you need to have to be one of those?

Depends what you want to do exactly.

"eye doctor" i.e. Hardcore ophthalmologist who would qualify to do surgical procedures on eyes, and work in a hospital etc, would do a degree in medicine and specialise last 2 years in ophthalmology. (Different unis/countries offer various routes of entry)

Optometrists, i.e. the people who test vision can get in by doing an optometry course which is your standard 3 years degree.

Dispensing opticians (people like me) are having their courses phased out (although still available in a few unis), but instead, corporations prefer to take you on and train you via vocational routes.


That's the general, rough gist. I'd be happy to answer more questions specifically/with more detail if you have any.

thank you! i was burning to ask the optician this when i went the other day.

Hypothetically, if you've had a bad day at the office, once you get home, do you think to yourself "if I see one more bottle of milk....".

Optical Consultant + Running thine own business.

Boots, by any chance?

Indeed. What gave it away?