Course Title: Perform edging and fitting
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2009
Course Code: OPSC5045C
Course Title: Perform edging and fitting
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4207 - Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing
Course Contact: Timothy Haigh
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4846
Course Contact Email: timothy.haigh@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 50
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
The following competency unit should be undertaken before or with this unit:
• HLTOPD401A Work effectively in the ophthalmic industry
Course Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to perform edging and fitting of spectacle lenses and to apply specialised techniques, treatments and processes to finish and/or repair spectacle frames and lenses
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTOPD402A Perform edging and fitting |
Element: |
Conduct final checking procedures |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Determine any axis or centring error and apply Australian standards tolerances. |
Element: |
Operate optical equipment |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Use optical equipment to edge and fit lenses |
Element: |
Perform edging and fitting |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Prepare for the edging of spectacle lenses |
Element: |
Perform frame adjustments, repairs and lens treatments |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Repair and modify spectacle frames |
Element: |
Prepare for edging and fitting |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Access required information and prescriptions |
Element: |
Utilise computer technology |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Select appropriate technology and software applications to achieve the requirements of the task |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
1: Read topic one in the Learner Guide. Upon completion of topic one complete the self-assessment checklist from the learner guide. Once you have done this progress to topic top etc.
2: Once you have read all of the topics and completed the self-assessments you are ready to do the online self-assessment. Please note that this is not an assessment task. The self-assessment will check your level of understanding of the unit and provide you with some feedback.
3: Refer to the Learning and assessment guide items 6 and 11. Familiarise yourself with the content.
Teaching Schedule
Topic 1: Prepare for edging and fitting
Topic 2: Operate optical equipment
Topic 3: Perform edging and fitting
Topic 4: Perform frame adjustments, repairs and lens treatments
Topic 5: Utilise computer technology
Topic 6: Conduct final checking procedures
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
1. Learner guide HLTOPD402A
2. Learning and Assessment Guide – Year 2
3. Essential knowledge: Visual physiology, Light, Prism, Spherical Lenses, Astigmatic Lenses, Lens Design, Multifocal Lenses, Contact Lenses, Atypical Lenses
4. Additional learning materials available through the Learning Hub
5. RMIT Library (www.rmit.edu.au/library)
6. www.monkeysoftware.com.au
7. www.sunixvision.com.au
8. www.nidek.com
9. www.briot-weco.com.au
10. http://www.callbpi.com/support/techsup3.html
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may consist of examinations, quizzes, practical demonstration, work based assessment or simulation, submission of your learning and assessment guide and assignments.
Assessment Tasks
Before attempting any of the below assessment tasks ensure that you agree with all self-assessment checklists in the learner guide and that you have completed the online self-assessment quiz.
1. Complete the online test titled HLTOPD402A. This test consists of completing a series of 10 online questions. These questions may consist of true or false, multiple choice, short answer questions etc. In order to pass you need to answer seven or more correct (7 out of 10). You must pass this prior to completing assessment task 2.
2. Refer to your learning and assessment guide (LAG) and carefully read items 6 and 11. An RMIT University assessor will assess you on items 6 and 11 during a work-based assessment and during your compulsory attendance at blocks in year one. In addition your assessor will include a range of verbal questions to ask during these assessments. In addition an RMIT University assessor may talk to your employer.
3. At the end of the semester you will be required to complete a 60-minute online examination, which will be posted online for one week (you will be notified shortly). Please note that this examination will cover HLTCOM405B, HLTOPD404A, HLTOPD403A, and HLTOPD402A and you will only be allowed to attempt it once. This examination will include short answers, true or false, multiple-choice, equations and other types of questions. You will know at the end of this test if you have passed. The pass mark is 70%.
Please note that you will need to demonstrate competency in all 3 of these assessment tasks in order to achieve competency for this unit.
Assessment Matrix
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