Guidance: Apprenticeship standard: optical assistant

This document is relevant to:

• employers wanting to recruit an apprentice
• training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available

The approved standard outlines the skills, knowledge and behaviours required of the apprentice and the job they will need to be able to do by the time they have completed their apprenticeship.

An apprenticeship standard is only available for delivery when both the standard and assessment plan is approved and a funding band (core government contribution) has been assigned to the standard.

Under our reforms, employer-designed standards will replace frameworks over the course of this parliament.

Employers involved in creating this standard

If you’d like to get involved and contribute to the development of the optical assistant standard, please read the guidance for trailblazers, and email the trailblazer contact: peter.pavitt@specsavers.com or jayne.johnson@boots-opticians.co.uk.

The standard for an optical assistant was developed by:

• Linklater Warren
• NHK Opticians
• Leightons
• Specsavers
• Boots opticians
• Thompson Opticians
• Galaxy Optical
• Tesco Opticians
• Asda
• Vision Express