Measured from live jobs
Optician skills employers ask for
From 581 open Optician job postings on Rolearch, read and tagged skill by skill. Updated every night as jobs open and close.
The most-asked skills
Share of Optician postings that mention each skill.
- Merchandisingdistinctive58%
- Point of saledistinctive56%
- Pharmacydistinctive54%
- Mental healthdistinctive54%
- Warehouse operationsdistinctive52%
- Customer service43%
- Inventory management32%
- Root cause analysisdistinctive20%
- Sales19%
- Troubleshooting7%
- Problem solving6%
- Marketing6%
“Distinctive” means Optician postings ask for it at least three times as often as jobs overall.
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Where Optician skills carry over
Roles whose postings ask for the most similar skills. Overlap counts the skills that define each role most.
- Gas Station Attendant63% overlapShared: Warehouse operations, Pharmacy, Mental health, Point of saleHow to switch
- Meat Cutter62% overlapShared: Warehouse operations, Pharmacy, Mental health, MerchandisingHow to switch
- Packaging Machine Operator61% overlapShared: Warehouse operations, Merchandising, Pharmacy, Mental healthHow to switch
- Cashier57% overlapShared: Point of sale, Mental health, Customer service, Inventory managementHow to switch
Questions
- What skills does a Optician need?
- In 581 current Optician job postings, the skills asked for most often are Merchandising (58%), Point of sale (56%), Pharmacy (54%), Mental health (54%), Warehouse operations (52%). Percentages are the share of postings that mention each skill.
- What jobs can a Optician move into?
- Measured by shared skill demand, the closest roles are Gas Station Attendant, Meat Cutter, Packaging Machine Operator, Cashier. Gas Station Attendant shares skills such as Warehouse operations, Pharmacy, Mental health.
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