| 3. PROFILE OF SKILLS AND COMPETENCES |
General competences:
- be familiar with various methods of learning, use sources of information well, show functional literacy;
- understand assignments or identify the cores of problems, exert variable solutions, work both independently and within a team;
- communicate in one foreign language at the level of at least B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
- cope with changing socio-economic conditions, be financially literate;
- be aware of the labour market mechanisms, and of the employee-employer relationships, act on career decisions responsibly, understand the significance of lifelong learning;
- use basic mathematics and the basic principles of physics and chemistry when needed in daily situations;
- work with the means of information and communication technologies, exploit adequate sources of information, handle information effectively;
- act in an environmentally-conscious manner and in compliance with strategies for sustainability;
- support values of local, national, European and world cultures, recognize the value of life;
- exert fundamentals of health protection, occupational safety, and fire prevention and safety;
- exert norms and prescriptions in the field.
Vocational competences:
- apply principles of proper eye correction measured by an ophtalmologist or an optometrist;
- apply knowledge of physical and chemical characteristics of materials used in optics and propose suitable types of spectacle lenses, spectacle frames;
- propose a suitable choice of spectacle lenses and spectacle frames;
- explain the indication and scheme of wearing contact lenses;
- provide advisory service in using and maintenance of corrective devices;
- communicate adequately with the client and respect the ethics of the sales;
- make out a financial calculation of an order;
- measure input data for making corrective devices;
- make corrective or therapeutic devices according to prescriptions supplied by ophthalmologists or optometrists;
- fit or adjust the lenses;
- operate and maintain equipment in the optical laboratory.
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