Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
83 skills listed by ESCO, 69 of them essential. 83 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 83, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| accept own accountability | skill | essential | 3 |
| achieve sales targets | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| adhere to organisational guidelines |
| skill |
| essential |
| 3 |
| adjust eyeglasses | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise customers on eyewear maintenance | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on contact lense maintenance | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on healthcare users' informed consent | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply a protective layer | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply context specific clinical competences | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply numeracy skills | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| characteristics of products | skill | essential | 3 |
| characteristics of services | skill | essential | 3 |
| clean glass surfaces | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| comply with legislation related to health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with optical prescriptions | skill | essential | 3 |
| comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice | skill | essential | 3 |
| contribute to continuity of health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| cut lenses for eyeglasses | skill | essential | 3 |
| deal with emergency care situations | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 3 |
| dispense corrective lenses | skill | essential | 3 |
| educate on the prevention of illness | skill | essential | 3 |
| empathise with the healthcare user | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure client orientation | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure safety of healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| eye protection regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| fit low vision aids | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow clinical guidelines | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle contact lenses | skill | essential | 3 |
| have computer literacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| health care legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| interact with healthcare users | skill | essential | 3 |
| listen actively | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain records of clients' prescriptions | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain relationship with customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain relationship with suppliers | skill | essential | 3 |
| make referrals to ophthalmology | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage healthcare users' data | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| manipulate glass | skill | essential | 3 |
| manufacturer's recommended price | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor stock level | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate cash register | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate optical equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate optical measuring equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate precision measuring equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| optical glass characteristics | skill | essential | 3 |
| optical instruments | skill | essential | 3 |
| order optical supplies | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform frames' repairs | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform maintenance on eyewear | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform technical tasks with great care | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare optical laboratory activities | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| process payments | skill | essential | 3 |
| product comprehension | skill | essential | 3 |
| production processes | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote inclusion | skill | essential | 3 |
| quality standards of ophthalmic equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| repair lenses | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to changing situations in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| sell optical products | skill | essential | 3 |
| smooth glass edges | skill | essential | 3 |
| smooth glass surface | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of optical instruments | skill | essential | 3 |
| use lensometer | skill | essential | 3 |
| use ophthalmic instruments | skill | essential | 3 |
| verify lenses compliance | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in a multicultural environment in health care | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in multidisciplinary health teams | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| advise customers on optical instruments maintenance | skill | desirable | 2 |
| characteristics of faces | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship | skill | desirable | 2 |
| e-procurement | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| inform policy makers on health-related challenges | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manufacturing processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| optics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide health education | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| supply chain principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use CAD software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use e-health and mobile health technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages for health-related research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use foreign languages in patient care | skill | desirable | 2 |