Course Title: Dispense optical appliances and services
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: OPSC5055C
Course Title: Dispense optical appliances and services
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4318 - Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing
Course Contact: Jade Cusworth
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8382
Course Contact Email: jade.cusworth@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Timothy Haigh
+61 3 9925 4846
Leigh Robinson
+61 3 9925 4398
Ralph Richter
+61 3 9925 4783
Ludmila Keightley
+61 3 9925 4722
Nominal Hours: 150
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
This unit must be assessed after successful achievement of pre-requisites:
• HLTOPD401C Work effectively in the ophthalmic industry
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to dispense optical appliances and services.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTOPD403C Dispense optical appliances and services |
Element: |
1. Establish a positive relationship with the client |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Review prescription or customer record and explain procedures to the client |
Element: |
2. Fit optical appliances to client |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Interpret prescription to determine the product most suited to the client's needs |
Element: |
3. Complete the transaction |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Complete financial transaction in accordance with relevant policies and procedures |
Element: |
4. Provide follow up service to client |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Recommend client follow up |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
• Read appropriate sections of "System for Ophthalmic Dispensing" as directed.
• A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:
• Face to face and or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL), during simulations and classroom based learning
• Observations of performance in the workplace and industry placement or simulated environment will be a valuable part of your learning experience
• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
• Online discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas
• Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
• To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform
Teaching Schedule
Students who come for blocks of learning at RMIT City campus will be required to attend Cluster 3, 4 and 5. Dates for your group will be posted on Blackboard
• Students who are part of the Full Time Program will attend class Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Full Time Group Semester 2: Tech 2 subject by dates
Week # |
Week beginning |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
21 |
06/07 |
Multifocal and progressive lenses |
No |
Accurately analyse the performance of an optical appliance Visual physiology Calculate minimum size uncut (MSU) |
22 |
13/07 |
The concepts and principles behind the design of spectacle |
No |
Visual physiology
|
23 |
20/07 |
Multifocal and progressive lenses Visual physiology |
No |
Visual physiology |
24 |
27/07 |
Multifocal and progressive lenses
The requirements of dispensing spectacles to clients with special |
No |
The requirements of dispensing spectacles to clients with special |
25 |
03/08 |
The requirements of dispensing spectacles to clients with special
Contact lenses |
No |
Assist clients select the most appropriate optical appliance
|
26 |
10/08 |
Commonly occurring problems and potential solutions in a dispensing situation Contact lenses |
No |
Assist clients select the most appropriate optical appliance |
27 |
17/08 |
Commonly occurring problems and potential solutions in a dispensing situation How to determine criteria influencing dispensing procedures necessary for aspherics Contact lenses |
No |
Accurately analyse the performance of an optical appliance and determine whether this meets specifications
Anticipate, identify and solve problems encountered when dispensing spectacles |
28 |
24/08 |
Assist clients select the most appropriate optical appliance Dispense optical appliances |
No |
Apply a range of strategies to resolve problems encountered in supplying optical appliances in accordance with industry best practice
Apply Australian Standards to verification of completed spectacles |
30 |
07/09 |
Spectacle magnification |
No |
Spectacle magnification |
31 |
14/09 |
Field of view |
No |
Field of view |
32 |
21/09 |
Lab Visit |
No |
High ametropia Calculate vertex distance |
33 |
28/09 |
Aphakic lenses High minus lenses and negative lenticulars |
No |
Aphakic lenses High minus lenses and negative lenticulars |
34 |
05/10 |
Handling aniso and antimetropia Calculate differential prismatic effect and compensation using different sized segments or slab off bifocals |
No |
High prismatic corrections Compound and resolve prism |
35 |
12/10 |
Revision |
No |
Revision |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
No Prescribed Text |
References
Other Resources
• PowerPoint Summary
• Additional learning materials available through Learning Hub
• RMIT Library (www.rmit.edu.au/library)
Students should also make note of the Student Services and Study and Learning Centre that are available to all enrolled students (www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre)
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may consist of examinations, quizzes, practical demonstration, work based assessment or simulation, assignments and submission of your learning and assessment guide (workplace evidence portfolio).
Assessment Tasks
1. Evidence portfolio: The instructions and evidence templates can be downloaded from Blackboard. The evidence can be gathered while in the workplace for Trainee and Specsavers students, and during work placements for the Full Time students. Due dates will be posted on Blackboard.
2. Online Quizzes: There is a formal quiz for this unit, as well as quizzes for the associated essential knowledge, available on Blackboard. Before attempting the formal quiz you should practice using the "Self assessment Quiz". Due date will be posted on Blackboard.
3. Work Based Assessment and case studies: Work based assessments / visits for Trainees and Full Time students are part of the program for this unit. Specsavers students will do case studies in a classroom assessment.
4. Theory assignment: A theory assignment will be made available on Blackboard to be submitted via Turn-It-In. Due date will be posted on Blackboard.
5. Practical Tasks: A series of practical tasks associated with optical dispensing will need to be completed in the Optical Lab / classroom. Assessment dates will be posted on Blackboard.
SpecSavers Due Dates:
Evidence Portfolio and Practical Tasks due by 18th December
Theory Assignment due week beginning 10th August
Case Studies due week beginning 16th November
Full Time Due Dates:
Evidence Portfolio, Online Quizzes, Work Based Assessment and Practical Tasks (including case studies) due by 2nd November
Theory Assignment due 5th October 2015
OP45: All assessments due by 1st December 2015
OP43/44: All assessments due by 3rd August
PLEASE NOTE: To achieve competency in this unit, you must achieve a Satisfactory (S) result for all five (5) assessments.
Assessment Matrix
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