Qualifications improve your chances; they do not gate the job. Level 6 is the most recognised.
Typical pay: £26,000 to £40,000Level 6 most recognisedOpen entry
Pay range: National Careers Service.
Your route in
Employers typically expect around L6
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Qualifications employers recognise (Level 6)
Any of these strengthens your application.
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Where this can take you
With experience you could: become self employed and run your own business, become a dispensing optician supervisor, work as a consultant to a lens manufacturer or as a sales representative selling equipment, work in a hospital or teach at a university and do further training and qualify to become an optometrist.