Sqad, do you not have optometrists in the UK? Whenever a question regarding eye problems arises on AB, the term optician is used. In Canada this is the role of an optician: "An optician (sometimes known as a "dispensing optician") is a fully trained vision care technician who specializes in fitting eyeglass lenses, frames, contact lenses, and other vision correction devices." An optometrist here has a post secondary education of 7 to 8 years and is called a Doctor of Optometry, and is sort of one step down from an ophthalmologist who, of course, is a medical doctor.