Karen Saucerman
Apple Valley, Ca 92308 cell:760-***-****
**************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL BACKROUND
Experienced Certified Optician with excellent communication skills. I
have 25 years of experience in the optical
field. I have experience in running a surfacing lab, operating and
managing. I am trained in lens manufacturing,
along with lens cuttings, special lens shape designing. lensometry,
edger, groover and lab duties. I have been a
dispensing optican for 20 years. I manage frame inventory and frame
buying. I have special skills in frame repairs.
I specialize in silhoutte repairs and ordering. My sales are high. I am
very much a people person and I get along
well with all personalities. I love what I do and I do it very well. My
experience shows in my performance and
abilities. I give a hundred percent, I am a self starter and always
willing to learn new things. I am a happy person
and I do my best to pass it along to the people i'm in contact with.
Life is short, make the best of it and always put a smile on your face.
SKILLED HIGHLIGHTS
prescreening, auto refractor, keratometer,
tonometer, visual field, lens analyzer, retina
photography. HRT, patient scheduling, Insurance billing, frame
repair,adjustments, rx troubleshooting, frame selection, ordering
frames, inventory and managing a dispensery.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
lab surfacing, run all lab equipment. special lens
design and cut,lensometer, frame selection and fit
inventory and frame ordering,Frame repair, rx troubleshoot,
eyewear consultant
My expertise is eyewear consultant. Alltypes of frame repair, drill
mount, zyl and metal. I have an eye for frame
fashion and what patients needs and wants are. Frame selection is my
best acquired skill over the years. I am
good at fitting patients with frames that fit their face and rx. Its
nice to see a patient get so excited about how they
look and how well the frame fits. I have mastered frame alignment and
fitting. I am gifted with the ability to sell.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OPTICAL MANAGER/FASHION CONSULTANT
October 1998 to Current
Apple Valley Family Optometry – Apple Valley, Ca.
prescreened patients, scheduled appt. when needed, ran visual fields
and retinal photography on patients.
Dispensed, delivered and rx troubleshooting. Frame buying and
inventory. Specialized in safety frames and rx's.
consultant on frame selection for patients.
LAB TECH/OPTICIAN
June 1984 to February 1995
Phillip Hanson O.D. – Hesperia, Ca.
Managing and running a surfacing lab. Produced lenses from a lens
casting system. Edged and assembled
eyewear. Frame repairs, Len verification. Specialty eyewear edging and
assembling. Optical dispensing. Frame
fitting. Prescreening patients. Scheduling appointments when needed.
EDUCATION
National Education Center 1985
Orange, Ca., USA
optician
AA
Concentration on frame alignment, repairs and adjustments. Optical
terminoligy, diseases of the eye, prescription
verification, algebra formulas and equation in solving optical
refraction.
CERTIFICATIONS
ABO Certified
Varillux Dispenser certification