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The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions and ophthalmic photography. Provide instruction and supervision to other ophthalmic personnel. Assist with minor surgical procedures, applying aseptic techniques and preparing instruments. May perform eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct patients in care and use of corrective lenses.

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Miscellaneous Health Technologists and Technicians

Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Health Technologists and Technicians

Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.

Take and document patients' medical histories.

Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements, such as axial length measurements, of the eye or surrounding tissue.

Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.

Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.

Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.

Calculate corrections for refractive errors.

Collect ophthalmic measurements or other diagnostic information, using ultrasound equipment, such as A-scan ultrasound biometry or B-scan ultrasonography equipment.

Perform ophthalmic triage, in the office or by phone, to assess severity of patients' conditions.

Clean or sterilize ophthalmic or surgical instruments.

Email software

Microsoft Outlook

AcuityPro

EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems EyeMD EMR

MediPro Medisoft Clinical

NaviNet Open

Autodesk AutoCAD

Computer aided design and drafting CADD software

Hypertext preprocessor PHP

JavaScript

Microsoft Excel

SAP software

Microsoft Office software

Microsoft operating system

Microsoft Word

Web browser software

Digital pupillometers

Manual pupillometers

Millimeter rules

Optokinetic drums

Amsler grids

Snellen eye charts

Visual acuity cards

Hertel exophthalmometers

Luedde exophthalmometers

Naugle exophthalmometers

A-scan biometers

B-Scan biometers

Bio-microscopes

Automated lensometers

Manual lensometers

Handheld occluders

Maddox rods

Optical coherence tomography OCT scanners

Retinal tomography machines

Ophthalmoscopes

Scanning laser ophthalmoscopes

Eye chart projectors

Potential acuity meters

Wavefront aberrometers

Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)?

Every day

How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams?

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams

How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?

Constant contact with others

Contact with others most of the time

How frequently does your job require you to use E-mail?

Once a week or more but not every day

How important is it to work with or contribute to a work group or team in this job?

Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team

Extremely important

Very important

To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks physically close to other people?

Very close (near touching)

Moderately close (at arm's length)

How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?

How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?

How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?

How often is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

Overview

Career

What Ophthalmic Medical Technologists Do

Other Job Titles Ophthalmic Medical Technologists May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

Overview

Career

What Ophthalmic Medical Technologists Do

Other Job Titles Ophthalmic Medical Technologists May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

Majors Related to Career

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