Comprehensive AI automation risk analysis and career outlook for Opticians, Dispensing professionals
AI is unlikely to replace Opticians, Dispensing roles. With only a 29% automation risk, this occupation requires human skills that are difficult for AI to replicate, such as creativity, empathy, and complex reasoning.
Design, measure, fit, and adapt lenses and frames for client according to written optical prescription or specification. Assist client with inserting, removing, and caring for contact lenses. Assist client with selecting frames. Measure customer for size of eyeglasses and coordinate frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription. Prepare work order for optical laboratory containing instructions for grinding and mounting lenses in frames. Verify exactness of finished lens spectacles. Adjust frame and lens position to fit client. May shape or reshape frames. Includes contact lens opticians.
Based on human expert analysis
This occupation has a low risk of AI automation. Most tasks require human creativity, empathy, or complex problem-solving.
Risk assessment based on the "GPTs are GPTs" research by OpenAI, analyzing task-level automation potential.
Latest data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
Detailed breakdown of how AI might impact specific tasks in this role