Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians

Representative Tasks

• •Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines.
• •Inspect lens blanks to detect flaws, verify smoothness of surface, and ensure thickness of coating on lenses.
• •Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses, flats, blanks, or other precision optical elements.
• •Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments.
• •Shape lenses appropriately so that they can be inserted into frames.

Detailed Work Activities

• •Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
• •Inspect finished products to locate flaws.
• •Shape glass or similar materials.
• •Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• •Weigh finished products.

Tools & Technologies

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