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AI for Optical Lab Technicians

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians · O*NET 51-9083.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

7 of 8tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

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    MCP server

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    MCP server

  • Office Powerpoint

    MCP server

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    MCP server

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  • Excel

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  • Excel

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  • SAP S/4HANA

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    SAP S/4HANA

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  • Spreadsheet

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The tools this job actually uses

8 documented for this occupation. Showing 8, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Eyeglass design software

What this job involves

19 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 19.

  1. Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines.
  2. Inspect lens blanks to detect flaws, verify smoothness of surface, and ensure thickness of coating on lenses.
  3. Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses, flats, blanks, or other precision optical elements.
  4. Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments.
  5. Shape lenses appropriately so that they can be inserted into frames.
  6. Clean finished lenses and eyeglasses, using cloths and solvents.
  7. Mount, secure, and align finished lenses in frames or optical assemblies, using precision hand tools.
  8. Examine prescriptions, work orders, or broken or used eyeglasses to determine specifications for lenses, contact lenses, or other optical elements.
  9. Adjust lenses and frames to correct alignment.
  10. Select lens blanks, molds, tools, and polishing or grinding wheels, according to production specifications.
  11. Position and adjust cutting tools to specified curvature, dimensions, and depth of cut.
  12. Assemble eyeglass frames and attach shields, nose pads, and temple pieces, using pliers, screwdrivers, and drills.
  13. Immerse eyeglass frames in solutions to harden, soften, or dye frames.
  14. Set dials and start machines to polish lenses or hold lenses against rotating wheels to polish them manually.
  15. Lay out lenses and trace lens outlines on glass, using templates.
  16. Control equipment that coats lenses to alter their reflective qualities.
  17. Repair broken parts, using precision hand tools and soldering irons.
  18. Remove lenses from molds and separate lenses in containers for further processing or storage.
  19. Tint lenses according to customer specifications.
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