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Purpose: The career studies certificate in optometric technician trains individuals who are interested in providing services in vision care. The optometric technician provides delegated tasks and collects data on patients during an eye examination. An optometric technician works directly under the supervision of an optometrist. The technical training includes optical terminology, patient pre-testing skills such as tonometry, keratometry, visual acuity, color vision, visual field testing, frame selection and visual training. Credentialing is available through the American Optometric Association.
Admission Requirements:
1. Students must be admitted to NVCC at the Annandale Campus.
2 Students must attend an information session on Optometric Technology.
3. Students must qualify for or have completed ENG 111.
| First Year | 1st Semester2nd | Semester 3rd | |||||
| S | emester | ||||||
| OPT | 121 Optical Theory I | 4 | |||||
| OPT | 123 | Optical Theory III | 3 | ||||
| STD | Elective | 1 | |||||
| OMP | 105 | Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology of the Eye | 3 | ||||
| OPT | 130 | Optometric Practice Management | 2 | ||||
| OPT | 196 | On-Site Training I | 2 | ||||
| OPT | 141 | Optometric Clinical Procedures I | 3 | ||||
| OPT | 231 | Contact Lenses | 4 | ||||
| Total Credits/Semester | 8 | 7 | 7 | ||||
Second Year 1st Semester
OMP 196 On-Site Training II 3 OPT 143 Optical Business Topics 1 SPD 126 Interpersonal Communications 3 __ Total Credits/Semester 7
Total credits for the Optometric Technician Career Studies Certificate = 29
Last revised: Monday, May-18-2015 10:26
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