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Upon completion of their studies, graduates of the Department acquire the necessary scientific and technological knowledge and skills, as Opticians and Contact Lens Fitters to be employed in all areas of the Department's field, either as self-employed, either as persons responsible or executives of related business executives and industries, organizations and services.

In particular, the Optician and Contact Lenses Fitter:
• Applies modern scientific and technological methods and practices to the implementation and fitting of corrective or protective lenses, to the implementation and optometric confirmation of prescription contact lenses as well as to the marketing and trading of sunglasses and other visual aids.
• Applies modern laboratory techniques in the establishment and operation of an optical shop, prescription laboratory and fitting area for contact lenses.
• Deals with the social and legal obligations of optical businesses towards customers, ophthalmologists and local or national health institutions.
• Deals with the research, the development and innovation in every field of Optics and of the application of contact lenses and vision aids.
• Has knowledge to develop relevant studies and design products for the optical industry.
• Has skills for collective and team work, both within the field of Optics and its applications, and in other fields, such as the organization and management of departments and offices for importing and distributing Optical Goods.

Also participates in the following:
* Plan and organization of the laboratory spaces.
* The selection of equipment (machines, instruments, devices) while supervising the proper regular maintenance of machines and instruments in accordance with the safety rules provided.
* Selects the most modern and appropriate methods and processes for the production and supply of products and services.
* Quality control and keeping records.
* In work and studies undertaken in the workplace.
Finally, he/she is employed in education in accordance with the applicable legislation.
The curriculum of the Department of Optics & Optometry covers the subject of implementing corrective prescriptions, i.e. fitting and application of ophthalmic lenses in eyeglass frames, taking of necessary measurements for ordering and fitting these lenses, taking measurements, ordering and fitting various types of contact lenses, including the subsequent optometric review to check the application of the lenses' prescription.