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Overview
Eyewear and optical equipment shop managers are responsible for daily operations, staff, customers, suppliers and sales in specialised optical retail shops.
In job descriptions, look for optical prescriptions, product advice, customer records, staff management, budgets, supplier ordering, goods labelling, health and safety standards and sales of eyewear or optical instruments.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Work combines shop-floor leadership with optical product knowledge. The manager coordinates staff, prescriptions, client records, stock, supplier orders, budgets and customer advice while keeping the specialised shop commercially organised.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes optical prescriptions, maintaining client prescription records, customer orientation, staff management, budgets, supplier relationships, goods labelling, purchasing rules and advice on caring for eyewear or optical instruments.
Salary context
Salary context depends on store size, staff responsibility, sales targets, prescription-record responsibility, supplier purchasing, insurance-claim handling and whether the manager also sells or advises customers directly.
Career paths
Development can move toward multi-store retail management, optical retail operations, supplier or purchasing roles, training of store staff, customer-experience leadership or broader specialised retail management.
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Check whether the advert expects optical product expertise, staff scheduling, budget ownership, supplier ordering, prescription administration, insurance claims and direct customer sales.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include audiology equipment shop manager, medical goods shop manager and orthopaedic supply shop manager.
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About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
47.74Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods
Alternative labels
Occupation group
shop manager (1420.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f88fb9dd-5a46-4086-a284-b1992174e55c |
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| ESCO code | 1420.4.19 |
| ISCO group | 1420 |
| Concept type | Occupation |