Optician

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Opticians work with eyes they; design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for their clients according to written optical prescription or specification. They also assist their clients with selecting frames and they measure them for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescriptions.

Salary: $21,290 MEDIAN SALARY

EDUCATION: To become an optician all you need is a high school diploma. You will be trained to do the job, but that’s it.

Reflection: This looks like a very interesting job, but I don’t think that I would want to be working with people eyes all day.