What are the people that fix your glasses/cut out your lessens called?

Question

Do they have to go to college for that job? 2 year 4 year college? Do they get payed good money?

Answer 1

Cut your lenses?

The people who do this in most eyeglass shops are just technicians who are working with blanks that are cut to shape to match the frames.  No college is required and I suspect on-the-job training works for most of them - but just ask.

  The people who examine eyes and write lens prescriptions are optometrists and have a couple of years training but are not doctors and can't write medicine prescriptions or do repairs to the eyes - those are ophthalmologists.

Answer 2

Optometrist - generally the examining eye doctor

Optician - provides the corrective lenses based on prescription from Optometrist/Ophthalmologist