Application Form – Optometrist

European Union/European Economic Area Nationals

Please read the entire form first, use the checklist and complete the
relevant sections in full.

This form is for individuals who are applying from the European Union (EU)
and/or the European Economic Area (EEA) and wish to join the individual
optometrist register of the General Optical Council (GOC).

If you require any assistance completing your application form please

contact the Registration team at international@optical.org or on 020 7580
3898 (option 1).

Please sign and date the sections marked with this symbol where prompted.

To submit your application:

1. Complete Part 1 and Part 2 of the application form
2. Provide the documents requested in the checklist on page 2.

Next steps

Once we have received all of the relevant documents we will send your
application to an independent assessor. The independent assessor will
determine whether or not there are substantial differences between your
qualifications and/or practice compared to UK standards.

This process can take up to four weeks to complete. Each assessment is

completed on an individual basis. When the assessment is complete we will
send you the outcome with an explanation of the next steps you can take.

If the independent assessor does not consider that there is a substantial

difference between your experience and UK standards you will be invited to
join the GOC register. You will need to complete another registration form
which we will send to you.

If the independent assessor does consider that there is a substantial

difference between your experience and UK standards you will be sent a
letter outlining your options. These options will set out how you can address
the substantial differences identified by the independent assessor.

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CHECKLIST:

Apart from your passport, any documents not in English must be

accompanied by a certified translation. For the definition of certified and
other terms used in this form please see the guidance section below.

Part 1
Certified copy of your passport’s photo page
Certified copy of your relevant qualification(s).
Employment references from practices you have listed in Part 1,
section 3.2 of the form
If you are applying from Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden or Switzerland you must provide evidence
that you are registered with the regulatory body in the country you are
applying from.
Your regulatory body needs to provide a Certificate of Current
Professional Status (CCPS) or equivalent. The CCPS should
comment on your registration status, that the qualification specified in
your application is fully accepted for practice in that Member State,
and if there have been any disciplinary actions that may have been
taken against you.
If you are applying from Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, France,
Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Slovenia you must be
able to demonstrate that you have practised at least one year in the
last ten years. For example, this can be done by way of an employer
reference, company registration details or tax returns for your
company.

Part 2

Course syllabus and schedule for your qualification(s), authenticated

by the training institution. The syllabus should specify the subjects
taught and other content of the course. The schedule should detail
the number of teaching hours or practice work undertaken in respect
of each subject in the syllabus.

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Guidance notes for EU/EEA - Optometrist

PART 1
Section 1 – Individual contact details

You must provide a home and email address so communications from the
GOC can reach you without delay. You must notify the GOC of any
changes to your address by emailing international@optical.org.

We request your nationality and passport information to ensure that you are
applying under the correct route to registration and to confirm your identity.

Section 2 – Initial optometric education and training

2.2 Include particulars of the optometric qualification(s) and/or licence to

practise awarded to you in a member state of the EU/EEA. This must have
been awarded following successful completion of a post-secondary course
of at least three years’ full-time duration or its equivalent; and entitles you to
practise in that member state.

Section 3 – Extent of post-qualification experience

3.1 List the year(s) that you have worked as an optometrist in the member
state you are applying from.

Section 4 – The EU/EEA state in which you intend to practise

In this section please advise whether you intend to practise in the UK and if
not, the country where you intend to practise.

Section 5 - Declarations

Please ensure that you read the guidance on this section of the form
carefully. You must declare any criminal matters, disciplinary matters,
and/or physical and mental health conditions.

We will also ask for a further declaration about this information at time of
entry to the GOC register should your application be successful. This is to
ensure that we have up to date information.

Please ensure that you tick either the YES or NO box to indicate whether
you wish to make any declarations about criminal and disciplinary matters
and/or physical and mental health. If you tick YES you must provide details
in Section A and/or B. The GOC website provides further guidance in the
section headed ‘Making declarations’:
https://www.optical.org/en/Registration/Making_declarations/index.cfm
The Registration department may contact you to request further details on
your declaration. Failure to respond to an information request will delay your

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restoration application. All data provided in this section of the restoration
form will be kept securely and for no longer than necessary.

This information may be passed to our Fitness to Practise team for

investigation. False declarations or failure to make relevant declarations
may also be passed to our Fitness to Practise team.

Section 6 – Declaration of information

Please read the declaration and sign and date the form in the space
provided.

PART 2
Guidance for Part 2 is included on the form.

If you have any queries about this application form or our processes
please contact the Registration department:

Email: international@optical.org
Post: GOC, 10 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7NG
Phone: 020 7580 3898 (option 1).

The GOC is a Data Controller registered with the Information

Commissioners Office. We make use of personal data to support our work
as the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. We may process your
personal data for our statutory purposes which include updating the
register, administering and maintaining registration, processing complaints
and compiling statistics or research, in line with the Data Protection Act
1998. This statement confirms our commitment to protect your privacy and
to process your personal information in a manner which meets the
requirements of the DPA.

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 GLOSSARY- Words and Phrases

Applied Refers to knowledge and skills which are required to be

knowledge & achieved by students in order to be able to meet the required
skills relevant critical competencies.
Certified For a document to be certified you need to ask a professional
person or someone of good standing in your community like an
optometrist or dispensing optician, solicitor or notary, dentist,
teacher or lecturer, or chartered accountant to certify your
documents. The person should not be related to you or living at
the same address.

Take the photocopied document and the original to this person

and ask them to certify it by:
 writing ‘Certified to be a true copy of the original
seen by me’ on the document
 signing and dating it
 printing their name under the signature
 adding their occupation, address and telephone
number.

If you do not supply correctly certified documents we will not be

able to accept them.
Certified Certified translation
translation All non-English documents, apart from your passport, must be
accompanied by certified translations into English. The
translator needs to confirm in writing on the translation:
 that it is a true and accurate translation of the original
document
 the date of the translation
 the full name and contact details of the translator or a
representative of the translation company.

If you do not supply correctly translated certified documents we

will not be able to accept them.
Clinical Training in refractive, investigative and dispensing techniques,
using “real patients” (see definition above) as subjects.
Communication All forms of inter-personal communication ‘written forms’
‘asking’ ‘listening’ ‘explaining’ ‘discussing’.
Competency Having sufficient skill or knowledge to be able to do something
well or effectively.
Dispensing A dispensing optician advises on, fits and supplies the most
Optician appropriate spectacles after taking account of each patient’s
visual, lifestyle and vocational needs.
Dispensing opticians also play an important role in advising and
dispensing low vision aids to those who are partially sighted as
well as advising on and dispensing to children where
appropriate.
Evidence Refers to what evidence is available to you to provide in support

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 of your application. When it relates to patient evidence this may
be a logbook or access to the original patient records.
Foundation Refers to knowledge and skills which are required to be
knowledge & achieved by students in order to prepare for achievement of
skills applied knowledge and skills.

Note: Foundation Knowledge and Skills are given in outline

form reflecting aspects of the current curriculum. It would be for
the training institutions to interpret and determine the extent to
which these are taught, bearing in mind the necessity to have
sufficient learning time to achieve the applied knowledge and
skills.
Manage Encompasses all aspects of patient management including
advice, reassurance, treatment and referral as appropriate.
Ophthalmic Includes all disciplines within optics
Optometrist An optometrist examines eyes, tests sight and prescribes
spectacles or contact lenses for those who need them. They
also fit spectacles or contact lenses, give advice on visual
problems and detect any ocular disease or abnormality, referring
the patient to a medical practitioner if necessary.

Optometrists may also share the care of patients who have

chronic ophthalmic conditions with a medical practitioner. Once
qualified, optometrists can undertake further training to
specialise in certain eye treatment by therapeutic drugs.

In the UK the term optometrist is widely used. The term

‘ophthalmic optician’ is still in use, particularly in legislation.
Therefore throughout these notes and application forms both
terms are used as ‘optometrist (ophthalmic optician)’.
Practical Instruction in the use of scientific techniques and principles,
including refraction and investigative techniques where students
use apparatus and equipment themselves, both as operators
and subjects.
Real patients For example, subjects, not other students or members of staff
and, where there was no prior knowledge of any pre-existing
refractive or pathological condition.
Theoretical Instruction given by lecture, written text, or audio-visual
techniques not involving any active participation by the student.
Understanding To comprehend, to perceive the meaning of but not necessarily
having the ability to do it.

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PART 1
Section 1 – Individual contact details

Title

First name(s)

Last name

Date of birth

Nationality (as shown on passport(s)):

Passport number(s):

Email address

Home address

Town County

Country (if not UK) Postcode

Telephone number(s)

Is this address also a practice address?

YES NO

If you have a current practice address and/or a practice that you intend to
work in if your application is successful, please fill out this section.

Practice address:

Name of practice

Full address

Town County

Country (if not UK) Postcode

Telephone number

Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

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Section 2 – Initial optometric education and training

2.1 Post secondary school education in optics/optometry

Institution(s) attended Full-time/ Dates Qualification

address and e-mail part-time awarded

2.2 Professional qualification(s) granted in EU/EEA member state

Qualification Granting authority Date

and/or examining body granted

2.3 Professional title

What is the In national language:

professional title used
in your EU/EEA In English:
member state?
Name of EU/EEA
member state in which
you are qualified to
practice optometry:
Date of
qualification/registration
as an optometrist in
that EU/EEA member
state:

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Section 3 – Extent of post-qualification experience

3.1 Year(s) experience in practice as an optometrist:

__________ to __________

3.2 Have you practised, or are you entitled to practise, in other EU/EEA
member states?
EU/EEA member Names and addresses of practices Dates
states (including employer’s name) From To

3.3 Was any diploma or other qualification required by the member state(s)
named in Section 3.2 above? If so, please give details.

EU/EEA member Diploma(s) or other qualifications required

states

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3.4 Were you required to undertake an aptitude test or a period of

supervised practice before being entitled to practise in any of the member
states shown in 3.3 above?

If so, give details.

EU/EEA member Name of competent authority Date

states responsible for the aptitude test completed
OR address of supervised practice

Section 4 – The EU/EEA state in which you intend to practice

If your application for GOC registration is successful, do you intend to

practise as an optometrist in the UK?

Yes

No

If ‘No’, provide country of intended practice: ________________________

Section 5 - Declarations

Do you have any declarations of criminal and disciplinary matters

(Section 5A) and/or health matters (Section 5B)?

Yes Please give full details below

Failure to provide full details will delay your application

No Please proceed to Section 6

Section 5A – Criminal and disciplinary matters

1. Criminal matters

Please provide details of any conviction in the British Isles or elsewhere,

caution, conditional caution, conditional discharge, absolute discharge or
Social Security Administration Act penalty in the British Isles; any agreed
offer, penalty payment agreement or absolute discharge order in Scotland;

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and any investigation or proceedings that could lead to any of the previous
outcomes. You must provide details of the date, offence, name of court, any
penalty or punishment (including the amount of any fine) and background
circumstances. Attach a separate sheet if necessary.

You must provide full details of any conviction or caution that is ‘spent’ under
the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, unless it is a ‘protected’ caution or
conviction. You do not need to declare any road traffic offences that have
been dealt with by way of a fixed penalty but you must provide full details of
any road traffic offences that have resulted in a conviction.

The GOC website provides further guidance in the section headed ‘Making
declarations’.

2. Disciplinary matters

Please provide details of any decision by the GOC or another body that
regulates a health or social care profession either in the UK or abroad,
including an NHS primary care organisation (PCO) or health board; any
investigation or proceedings that could lead to a decision by another such
regulator; and any breach of the GOC’s Code of Conduct and/or Standards
of Practice for individual registrants.

You must provide details of the date, incident, name of other regulator, any
sanction and background circumstances. Attach a separate sheet if
necessary.

The attached notes and the GOC website provides further guidance on
declarations in the section headed ‘Making declarations’.

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Section 5B – Physical and mental health

Please provide details of any physical or mental health conditions that, in the
view of a reasonable person, might currently affect your fitness to practise.
You must provide details of the date, nature of the condition, diagnosis and
any treatment required.

Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.

Section 6 – Declaration of information

I declare that the information given in this form and in the documents
supplied in support of this application, is true and accurate.

I declare that by making this application I will be expected to practise in

English. I understand that the United Kingdom standard for communication is
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Level 7 and I
declare that I have self-assessed and consider myself to be of the standard
that is required to practise in the UK.

I declare that I understand that I must notify the GOC immediately if there
are any changes to the information provided in this application.

Signed: Dated

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PART 2
Section 1 – Topics included in initial optometric education and training

1.1 Guidance on completing Section 1.

a) In respect of each topic listed in column (i), please indicate in column (ii)
whether or not “Theoretical” (T), “Practical” (P) and “Clinical” (C) instruction
has been received in that subject by circling “YES” or “NO” as appropriate.

Definitions

Theoretical: refers to instruction given by lecture, written text, or

audio-visual techniques that does not involving any active
participation by the student.

Practical: refers to instruction in the use of scientific techniques and

principles, including refraction and investigative
techniques, where students use apparatus and
equipment themselves, acting as operators, as
experimental subjects and as patients.

Real patients: patients requiring optometric management whose pre-

existing refractive or pathological condition was not
previously known to the student.

Clinical: refers to optometric training using ‘real patients’ (see

definition above).

b) In the case of each subject in which instruction was received as indicated by

‘YES’ in column (ii), please state in column (iii) in the appropriate box
against the ‘T’, ‘P’ and ‘C’, the dates of the period(s) of education and training
during which instruction was received.

c) Where applicable, please state in column (iv) the number of ‘real patients’
personally examined in the course of training period.

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1.2 Topics included in initial optometric education and training

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Topic Instruction Period in which Number of
received circle instruction was “real
“YES” or “NO” given (see note (b) patients”
above) seen (see
definition)
I THEORETICAL OPTICS
a) Geometric, physical and T YES NO
technical optics P YES NO
b) Visual optics and T YES NO
instruments P YES NO
c) The optics of spectacle T YES NO
lenses, contact lenses,
P YES NO
low vision aids and
intraocular lenses
d) Photometry and lighting T YES NO
P YES NO
II ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY
a) General and ocular T YES NO
anatomy and physiology P YES NO
b) Ocular disease and T YES NO
histology P YES NO
c) Physiology and T YES NO
psychology of visual
perception (e.g. of form, P YES NO
space,movement and
colour).
III OPTOMETRIC
PRACTICE
a) Objective refraction T YES NO
P YES NO
C YES NO
b) Subjective refraction T YES NO
P YES NO
C YES NO
c) Investigative techniques T YES NO
for the recognition of P YES NO
ocular abnormalities C YES NO
d) Recognition and T YES NO
identification of ocular P YES NO
abnormalities C YES NO
e) Recognition of the T YES NO
relationship of ocular to P YES NO
general disease C YES NO

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(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Topic Instruction Period in which Number of
received circle instruction was “real
“YES” or “NO” given (see note (b) patients”
above) seen (see
definition)
f) Investigation of T YES NO
binocular vision P YES NO
C YES NO
g) Diagnosis and non- T YES NO
surgical treatment of
P YES NO
anomalies of binocular
vision C YES NO
h) Use of drugs in T YES NO
diagnostic methods P YES NO
C YES NO
i) Use of drugs in contact T YES NO
lens practice P YES NO
C YES NO
j) Use of drugs in T YES NO
ophthalmic medicine P YES NO
C YES NO
k) Issue of optical T YES NO
prescriptions to correct P YES NO
defects of sight C YES NO
l) Interpretation of optical T YES NO
prescriptions P YES NO
C YES NO
m) Measurement and fitting T YES NO
of patients for spectacles P YES NO
and other optical appliances C YES NO
n) Materials, designs, T YES NO
properties and selection P YES NO
of spectacle frames and
lenses C YES NO
o) Optical workshop T YES NO
practice P YES NO
C YES NO
p) Assessment of patient T YES NO
suitability for contact lens P YES NO
wear, and issue of C YES NO
directions to fit
q) Contact lens fitting T YES NO
P YES NO
C YES NO

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(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Topic Instruction Period in which Number of
received circle instruction was “real
“YES” or “NO” given (see note (b) patients”
above) seen (see
definition)
r) Clinical after care of T YES NO
contact lens wearers P YES NO
C YES NO
s) Relationship between T YES NO
visual problems, their
remedies and patients’ P YES NO
working and recreational
C YES NO
environment
t) Optometry in the work T YES NO
place P YES NO
C YES NO
u) Assessment and T YES NO
prescribing for patients with P YES NO
low vision C YES NO

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Section 2 – Hospital based training within initial education and training

Was there any hospital

based training in ocular
abnormalities and YES NO
diseases as part of your
initial training?

Eye hospital name and address Dates and

time spent
If “Yes”:

Give the names and

addresses of all the
institutions (hospital eye
departments) where
you attended for your
clinical tuition in ocular
abnormalities and
diseases.

Please also provide the

dates and time spent
(i.e. number of days or
weeks) at each eye
hospital.

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Section 3 – Practice based optometric training within initial education and

training

Was there any practice

based training in clinical
optometry as part of YES NO
your initial training?
If “Yes”: Was it full-time
or part-time? Full-time Part-time

Optometric practice name and address Dates and

time spent
If “Yes”:

Give the names and

addresses of all the
practices where you
attended for your tuition
in clinical optometry.

Please also provide the

dates and time spent
(i.e. number of days or
weeks) at each eye
practice.

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Section 4 – Details of further training after initial qualification

Further training after initial qualification

a) Where a period of instruction was undertaken on a full-time basis, the period

shown below should be inclusive of school/college terms and vacations.
b) Where a period of instruction was undertaken on a part-time basis, the period
shown below should be only the time when instruction was actually received.

Institution(s) attended Full-time/ Dates Qualification awarded

Address and e-mail part-time

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Section 5 – Details of optometric skills and post-qualification patient experience

This section only relates to your post-qualification experience.

The GOC has defined the competencies which a person must be able to demonstrate
before they are allowed to practise as an optometrist in the UK. These competencies
are listed on the following pages e.g. “1.1.1 Obtains relevant history and information
relating to general health, medication, family history, work, lifestyle and personal
requirements.”

For each competency, you are asked to indicate:

 the number of patients you have seen on whom you have exercised this
competency; and
 whether you have any evidence to support these numbers (such as a
logbook or access to the original patient records); and
 whether the experience was gained in supervised practice.

The following is for general guidance on UK levels of training, this is not a statement on
all UK requirements: Before becoming fully registered (licenced) to practise as an
optometrist in the UK the General Optical Council expects a UK graduate to have
carried out during their supervised practise-based training 350 refractive examinations,
at least 30 contact lens fittings and 200 ophthalmic dispensing.

5.1 Please provide answers in the boxes below about your post-qualification
experience only

You must provide answers for each competency (from 1.1.1 – 8.1.7). For the questions
about evidence and supervision simply state ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. You do not need to provide
further explanation.

If you state “no evidence” to support the numbers provided below we will need to
receive confirmation from your employer of the work achieved.

1. Communication

1.1.1Obtains relevant No evidence Evidence available

history and information Unsupervised Supervised
relating to general health, practice practice
medication, family history,
work, lifestyle and personal Number of patients
requirements.
1.1.2 Elicits the detail and No evidence Evidence available
relevance of any significant Unsupervised Supervised
symptoms. practice practice
Number of patients
1.1.3 Identifies and No evidence Evidence available

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responds appropriately to Unsupervised Supervised

patients’ fears, anxieties practice practice
and concerns about their
visual welfare. Number of patients
1.2.1 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
patient’s expectations and Unsupervised Supervised
aspirations and manages practice practice
situations where these
cannot be met. Number of patients

1.2.2 Communicates with No evidence Evidence available

patients who have poor or Unsupervised Supervised
non-verbal communication practice practice
skills, or those who are
confused, reticent or who Number of patients
might mislead.
1.2.3 Discusses with the No evidence Evidence available
patient the importance of Unsupervised Supervised
systemic disease and its practice practice
ocular impact, its treatment
and the possible ocular Number of patients
side effects of medication.
1.2.4 Explains to the No evidence Evidence available
patient the implications of Unsupervised Supervised
their pathological or practice practice
physiological eye
condition. Number of patients
1.2.5 Communicates No evidence Evidence available
effectively with any other Unsupervised Supervised
appropriate person practice practice
involved in the care of the
patient Number of patients

2. Professional Conduct

2.1.1 Adheres to Health No evidence Evidence available

and Safety policies in the Unsupervised Supervised
practice including the practice practice
ability to implement
appropriate measures for Number of patients
infection control.
2.1.2 Maintains No evidence Evidence available
confidentiality in all Unsupervised Supervised
aspects of patient care. practice practice
Number of patients
2.1.3 Shows respect for all No evidence Evidence available

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patients. Unsupervised Supervised

practice practice
Number of patients

2.2.1 Is able to manage all No evidence Evidence available

patients including those Unsupervised Supervised
who have additional practice practice
clinical or social needs.
Number of patients

2.2.2 Is able to work within No evidence Evidence available

a multi-disciplinary team. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients
2.2.3 Is able to work within No evidence Evidence available
the law and within the Unsupervised Supervised
codes and guidelines set practice practice
by the regulator and the
profession. Number of patients

2.2.4 Creates and keeps No evidence Evidence available

full, clear, accurate and Unsupervised Supervised
contemporaneous records. practice practice
Number of patients
2.2.5. Interprets and No evidence Evidence available
responds to existing Unsupervised Supervised
records. practice practice
Number of patients

2.2.6. Makes an No evidence Evidence available

appropriate judgement Unsupervised Supervised
regarding referral and practice practice
understands referral
pathways. Number of patients

3. Methods of Ocular Examination

3.1.1 Uses instruments to No evidence Evidence available

measure corneal curvature Unsupervised Supervised
and assess its regularity. practice practice
Number of patients
3.1.2 Uses a slit lamp to No evidence Evidence available

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examine the external eye Unsupervised Supervised

and related structures. practice practice
Number of patients
3.1.3 Examines the fundi No evidence Evidence available
using both direct and Unsupervised Supervised
indirect techniques. practice practice
Number of patients

3.1.4 Identifies abnormal No evidence Evidence available

colour vision and Unsupervised Supervised
appreciates the practice practice
significance.
Number of patients
3.1.5 Investigates the No evidence Evidence available
visual fields of patients Unsupervised Supervised
with all standards of acuity practice practice
and analyses and
interprets the results. Number of patients
3.1.6 Uses both a non- No evidence Evidence available
contact and contact Unsupervised Supervised
tonometer to measure practice practice
intraocular pressure and
analyses and interprets the Number of patients
results.
3.1.7 Assesses the tear No evidence Evidence available
film. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients
3.1.8 Uses the slit lamp to No evidence Evidence available
assess anterior chamber Unsupervised Supervised
signs of ocular practice practice
inflammation.
Number of patients
3.1.9 Assesses pupil No evidence Evidence available
reactions. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients

3.1.10 Uses diagnostic No evidence Evidence available

drugs to aid ocular Unsupervised Supervised
examination. practice practice
Number of patients

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3.1.11 Makes an No evidence Evidence available

assessment of the fundus Unsupervised Supervised
in the presence of media practice practice
opacities.
Number of patients

4. Optical Appliances

4.1.1 Identifies anomalies No evidence Evidence available

in a prescription and Unsupervised Supervised
implements the practice practice
appropriate course of
action. Number of patients
4.1.2 Measures and No evidence Evidence available
verifies optical appliances Unsupervised Supervised
taking into account practice practice
relevant standards where
applicable. Number of patients
4.1.3 Matched the form, No evidence Evidence available
type and positioning of Unsupervised Supervised
lenses to meet all the practice practice
patient’s needs and
requirements and provides Number of patients
appropriate advice.
4.1.4 Advises on personal No evidence Evidence available
eye protection regulations Unsupervised Supervised
and relevant standards, practice practice
and appropriately advises
patients on their Number of patients
occupational visual
requirements.
4.1.5 Dispenses a range of No evidence Evidence available
lens forms to include Unsupervised Supervised
complex lenses, practice practice
multifocals and high
corrections, and advise on Number of patients
their application to specific
patients’ needs.
4.1.6 Prescribes and No evidence Evidence available
dispenses spectacles for Unsupervised Supervised
vocational use. practice practice
Number of patients
4.1.7 Manages non- No evidence Evidence available
tolerance cases. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice

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Number of patients

4.2.1 Advises on the use No evidence Evidence available

of, and dispenses simple Unsupervised Supervised
low vision aids including practice practice
simple hand and stand
magnifiers, typoscopes Number of patients
and hand held telescopes.
4.2.2 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
application of complex low Unsupervised Supervised
vision aids. practice practice
Number of patients

5. Contact Lenses

5.1.1 Chooses, fits and No evidence Evidence available

orders soft lenses. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients
5.1.2 Instructs the patient No evidence Evidence available
in soft lens handling and Unsupervised Supervised
how to wear and care for practice practice
them.
Number of patients
5.1.3 Choose, fits and No evidence Evidence available
orders rigid lenses. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients
5.1.4 Instructs the patient No evidence Evidence available
in rigid contact lens Unsupervised Supervised
handling, and how to wear practice practice
and care for them.
Number of patients
5.2.1 Manages the No evidence Evidence available
aftercare of patients Unsupervised Supervised
wearing soft lenses. practice practice
Number of patients

5.2.2 Manages the No evidence Evidence available

aftercare of patients Unsupervised Supervised
wearing rigid gas practice practice

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permeable contact lenses. Number of patients

5.3.1 Chooses and No evidence Evidence available

manages the fitting of toric Unsupervised Supervised
contact lenses. practice practice
Number of patients
5.3.2 Chooses and No evidence Evidence available
manages the correction of Unsupervised Supervised
presbyopic patients. practice practice
Number of patients
5.3.3 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
techniques used in fitting Unsupervised Supervised
complex contact lenses practice practice
and advises patients
requiring complex visual Number of patients
correction.

6. Ocular Disease

6.1.1 Understands the risk No evidence Evidence available

factors for common ocular Unsupervised Supervised
conditions. practice practice
Number of patients

6.1.2 Interprets and No evidence Evidence available

investigates the presenting Unsupervised Supervised
symptoms of the patient. practice practice
Number of patients
6.1.3 Develops a No evidence Evidence available
management plan for the Unsupervised Supervised
investigation of the patient. practice practice
Number of patients

6.1.4 Identifies external No evidence Evidence available

pathology and offers Unsupervised Supervised
appropriate advice to practice practice
patients not requiring
referral. Number of patients

6.1.5 Recognises common No evidence Evidence available

ocular abnormalities and Unsupervised Supervised
refers when appropriate. practice practice

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Number of patients
6.1.6 Manages patients No evidence Evidence available
presenting with cataract. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients
6.1.7 Manages patients No evidence Evidence available
presenting with red eye/s. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients
6.1.8 Evaluates glaucoma No evidence Evidence available
risk factors, to detect Unsupervised Supervised
glaucoma and refer practice practice
accordingly.
Number of patients
6.1.9 Manages patients No evidence Evidence available
presenting with macular Unsupervised Supervised
degeneration. practice practice
Number of patients
6.1.10 Recognises, No evidence Evidence available
evaluates and manages Unsupervised Supervised
diabetic eye disease and practice practice
refers accordingly.
Number of patients
6.1.11 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
treatment of a range of Unsupervised Supervised
common ocular conditions. practice practice
Number of patients
6.1.12 Evaluates and No evidence Evidence available
manages patients Unsupervised Supervised
presenting with symptoms practice practice
of retinal detachment.
Number of patients
6.1.13 Recognises ocular No evidence Evidence available
manifestations of systemic Unsupervised Supervised
disease. practice practice
Number of patients
6.1.14 Assesses No evidence Evidence available
symptoms and signs of Unsupervised Supervised
neurological significance. practice practice

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Number of patients
6.1.15 Recognises No evidence Evidence available
adverse ocular reactions to Unsupervised Supervised
medication. practice practice
Number of patients

7. Assessment of Visual Function

7.1.1 Refracts a range of No evidence Evidence available

patients with various Unsupervised Supervised
optometric problems by practice practice
appropriate objective and
subjective means. Number of patients

7.1.2 Uses appropriate No evidence Evidence available

diagnostic drugs to aid Unsupervised Supervised
refraction. practice practice
Number of patients
7.1.3 Assesses children’s No evidence Evidence available
visual function using Unsupervised Supervised
appropriate techniques. practice practice
Number of patients
7.1.4 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
techniques for assessment Unsupervised Supervised
of vision in infants. practice practice
Number of patients
7.1.5 Assesses patients No evidence Evidence available
with impaired visual Unsupervised Supervised
function and understands practice practice
the use of specialist charts
for distance and near Number of patients
vision, and the effects of
lighting, contrast and glare.
7.1.6 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
special examination needs
of patients with learning Unsupervised Supervised
and other disabilities. practice practice
Number of patients
7.1.7 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
special examination needs Unsupervised Supervised
of patients with severe practice practice

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visual field defects. Number of patients

8. Assessment and Management of Binocular Vision

8.1.1 Assesses binocular No evidence Evidence available

status using objective and Unsupervised Supervised
subjective means. practice practice
Number of patients
8.1.2 Understands the No evidence Evidence available
management of patients Unsupervised Supervised
with an anomaly of practice practice
binocular vision.
Number of patients
8.1.3 Investigates and No evidence Evidence available
manages adult patients Unsupervised Supervised
presenting with practice practice
heterophoria.
Number of patients
8.1.4 Manages adult No evidence Evidence available
patients with heterotropia. Unsupervised Supervised
practice practice
Number of patients
8.1.5 Manages children at No evidence Evidence available
risk of developing an Unsupervised Supervised
anomaly of binocular practice practice
vision.
Number of patients

8.1.6 Manages children No evidence Evidence available

presenting with an Unsupervised Supervised
anomaly of binocular practice practice
vision.
Number of patients
8.1.7 Manages patients No evidence Evidence available
presenting with an Unsupervised Supervised
incommitant deviation. practice practice
Number of patients

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