Health care

Optometric assistant

Castlegar, British Columbia · posted 2026-09-14

$20.00 hourly

Pay is below the local median for this work ($24.43 an hour; Job Bank, 2024)

What the posting asks for

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Hours and terms

  • Full time

Usually needed for this kind of work

  • Completion of secondary school and several months of on-the-job training are usually required for other assisting occupations in this unit group.

From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Optical/ophthalmic laboratory technicians and assistants (NOC 33109). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.

What this work usually involves

  • Operate laboratory equipment to grind, cut, polish and edge lenses for eyeglasses according to prescriptions received and fit lenses into frames
  • Make minor repairs for customers such as replacing frame screws or straightening frames
  • Maintain and repair optical laboratory equipment or machinery.

About the employer

  • Region: Kootenay Region

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