
Mike Hale: What is your background in optics?
Emma Walker: I was completing my English degree when I took a weekend job as an optical assistant at my local Specsavers. It wasn’t an industry that I had any particular interest in having a career in prior to that point and the degree I was doing did not in any way push me down a science-based route. It was just simply that I needed a job and I happened to get one at an optical practice.
MH: What was your role and what did it consist of?
EW: I was an optical assistant, so I would greet patients, complete the relevant pre-screen tests for the optometrists, dispense glasses and complete collections. I also learned how to carry out contact lens teaches too.
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