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Career: Optometrists
Job Description
Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Examine eyes, using observation, instruments and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities such as glaucoma or color blindness. |
100
|
Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids. |
100
|
Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan. |
100
|
Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements and safety factors. |
100
|
Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary. |
96
|
Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit. |
96
|
Remove foreign bodies from the eye. |
96
|
Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care. |
91
|
Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision. |
83
|
Provide vision therapy and low vision rehabilitation. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
73
|
Getting Information
|
73
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
71
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
68
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
68
|
Processing Information
|
68
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
68
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
67
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
63
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
62
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
61
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
61
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
60
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
57
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
57
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
57
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
56
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
56
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
55
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
54
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
53
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
53
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
52
|
Thinking Creatively
|
52
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
52
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
50
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
50
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
50
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
49
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
48
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
48
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
47
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
45
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
45
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
44
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
41
|
Interacting With Computers
|
32
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
27
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
24
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
12
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
9
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|