What You Get When You Become a Member of OpticianWorks.com
This training site provides supplemental resources for optician students enrolled in formal optician education programs through community college AAS degree programs or DOL apprenticeship programs. It combines all the resouces currently offered in the college programs with the added advantage of updated material in the form of how-to videos, textbook and tests.
More importantly it is designed to provide a complete course of optician study for those working in states (and sometimes other countries) that DO NOT require license or any form of optician education.
In addition to those two primary functions it can provide an excellent training program for support staff within a doctor’s practice and can act as a resource for consumers who want to learn more about the lenses and frames that make up glasses.
Our contributors include opticians, doctors and contact lens specialists with years of experience in real work settings. We provide a complete program designed to introduce you to everything the optician or dispensing eye care professional needs to know.
Cost:
It is 100% FREE to become a member of OpticianWorks.com.
Membership provides access to the entire site including the on-line review tests.
There are no hidden costs or surprises so please join today!
Textbook:
OpticianWorks includes a complete on-line textbook where we offer fourteen lessons covering the following:
2. How Lenses Can Correct Vision
3. Lens Design and Lens Materials
4. Interpretation Of Written Prescription
5. All About Frames
6. Adjustments and Dispensing
7. Taking Measurements
9. Ordering Frames and Lab Work
10. Lensometer and Verification
11. Repairs
12. Safety and Specialty Eyewear
13. Finishing & Surfacing
14. Anatomy
Images: Hundreds of professional, high definition, full color photographs that help explain the concepts covered in the lesson. Includes a frame fit photo gallery.
Illustrations: Hundreds of professional, highly detailed, full color drawings to help demonstrate the proper application of skills taught in the lesson.
On line tests: Every lesson is followed with an on-line, instant scored review test designed to reinforce learning and retention. Additional tests include lensometry, flat transposition, and conversion of distance to near and intermediate prescriptions.
Videos: We feature a library of high-definition videos that cover:
1. Using a lensometer
2. How to restring a frame
3. How to focus a lensometer
4. The parts of the lensometer
5. Finishing with a patternless edger
6. Trimming temples
7. Explaining the concept of axis
8. Standard alignment
9. Edge polishing
10. Lens thickness calipers
11. How lenses are created in a lab
12. Lens insertion in a metal frame
13. How to identify lens materials
14. How to use a lens clock
15. Finishing lenses with a pattern edger
16. Frame and lens bevels
Resources: Links to over fifty other sites that help expand on topics and provide additional information on a wide variety of topics.
Current product information: Unlike printed material by offering our content on-line we stay current on the latest product information. By working directly with vendors from all the major optical companies we always provide the most up to date product information.