Part of the YH programme Optikerassistent at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: OPTID25JÖN.
Optical technology, 35 YH credits, gives you the craft foundation needed to make, service, adjust and repair spectacles. You gain knowledge of how frame and lens materials function and are handled, as well as skills in preparatory measurements for the optician, ahead of your future role as an optician assistant with a clinical focus. The course includes elements and terms in English, and after completing the course you can judge when a final product is of good quality according to the applicable standard.
Duration: 7 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Intermediate
CSN-eligible
Time commitment: 35 YH credits, equivalent to about 7 weeks of full-time study
In the course, students learn the craft foundation needed to be able to
make, service, adjust and repair spectacles. For their future role as an optician assistant
with a clinical focus, students gain knowledge of how frame and lens materials function
and are handled. The course should also give skills in preparatory measurements for the optician.
The course includes elements and terms in English.
After completing the course, students have skills in the various practical steps of eyewear manufacturing
and in finishing spectacles, as well as the competence to judge when a final product is of
good quality and approved under the applicable standard.
In the course, students learn the craft foundation needed to be able to
make, service, adjust and repair spectacles. For their future role as an optician assistant
with a clinical focus, students gain knowledge of how frame and lens materials function
and are handled. The course should also give skills in preparatory measurements for the optician.
The course includes elements and terms in English.
After completing the course, students have skills in the various practical steps of eyewear manufacturing
and in finishing spectacles, as well as the competence to judge when a final product is of
good quality and approved under the applicable standard.
What you will learn
What you learn.
You master the craft techniques to make, service, adjust and repair spectacles.
You have knowledge of how frame and lens materials function and are handled.
You can carry out preparatory measurements ahead of the optician's work.
You can finish spectacles through the various practical manufacturing steps.
You can judge whether a final product is of good quality according to the applicable standard.
You know relevant technical words and terms in English in the field.
Curriculum
How the course is built.
Frame and lens materials
How different materials function and are handled in eyewear manufacturing.
Preparatory measurements
Measurements that prepare data for the optician's work.
Manufacturing, service and repair
Practical steps to make, service, adjust and repair spectacles.
Quality assessment
Judging whether a finished product meets the applicable quality standard.
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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