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Optics and product knowledge, 30 YH credits.

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Part of the YH programme Optikerassistent at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: OPTID25JÖN.

Optics and product knowledge, 30 YH credits, gives you basic knowledge of optics and its effect on the final product, as well as of lens materials, frames, record keeping and documentation. You train skills in measuring and assessing spectacles and lenses using different instruments, ahead of your future role as an optician assistant with a clinical focus. After the course you can give the consumer qualified guidance, in both Swedish and English, when buying personally adapted optical aids.

Duration: 6 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Beginner
CSN-eligible

Time commitment: 30 YH credits, equivalent to about 6 weeks of full-time study

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About the course.

In the course, students learn basic optics and its effect on the final product, lens materials, frames, record keeping and documentation. In the course, students train skills in measuring and assessing spectacles and measuring and assessing lenses using different instruments for their future role as an optician assistant with a clinical focus. After completing the course, students can give the consumer qualified guidance, in both Swedish and English, when buying personally adapted optical aids.

In the course, students learn basic optics and its effect on the final product, lens materials, frames, record keeping and documentation. In the course, students train skills in measuring and assessing spectacles and measuring and assessing lenses using different instruments for their future role as an optician assistant with a clinical focus. After completing the course, students can give the consumer qualified guidance, in both Swedish and English, when buying personally adapted optical aids.

What you will learn

What you learn.

  • You have basic knowledge of optics and its effect on the final product.
  • You know the properties of lens materials and frames.
  • You can keep records and document according to current routines.
  • You can measure and assess spectacles and lenses using instruments.
  • You can give qualified customer guidance when buying optical aids, in Swedish and English.
Curriculum

How the course is built.

  1. Basic optics

    The basics of optics and how it affects the finished product.

  2. Lens materials and frames

    Properties of different lens materials and frame types.

  3. Record keeping and documentation

    Routines for documentation in an optician's practice.

  4. Measuring and assessing spectacles

    Practical measuring and assessment using optical instruments.

  5. Customer guidance

    Giving qualified guidance to customers when buying optical aids.

Target audience

Who is this for?

The course is aimed at YH students training to become optician assistants with a clinical focus.

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