← Career directory · Healthcare: doctors, nurses and therapists
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
Helps eye doctors test vision and care for patients.
Read the full guide
Ophthalmic technicians take patient histories, run vision and eye pressure tests, take eye images and assist in procedures, working with ophthalmologists and optometrists.
Open the ophthalmic technician guide
The guide checks the courses against your plan, with things to try each year. Free account needed.
High school courses that build toward it
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Anatomy and Physiology · Science
Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.