IOA-backed Optical Dispensers Australia launches
A new professional body for Australian optical dispensers has been established with the backing of the International Opticians Association (IOA). ...
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Employers urged to avoid last-ditch demand for dispensing wage subsidy
One of Australia’s largest optical dispensing training providers is urging employers to capitalise on a trainee wage subsidy by February ...
Training surge – a ray of light for optical dispensing
Australian optical dispensing is amid one of its most transformational periods thanks to a fortuitous trainee wage subsidy program. Trainer ...
RMIT folds optical dispensing course
RMIT University has announced the closure of its Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing, ending a 52-year history of educating and ...
Future dispensers benefit thanks to donation from ‘industry legend’
The Australasian College of Optical Dispensing (ACOD) has received a significant donation of frames with a retail value exceeding $250,000. ...
Aussie supplier gifts 1,500 frames to training college
Australian supplier Eyes Right Optical has donated 1,500 frames to the Australasian College of Optical Dispensing (ACOD), helping ensure the ...
More than 300 subscribed to optical dispensing wage subsidy
The Federal Government has confirmed more than 300 optical dispensing placements under a new trainee wage subsidy program, as one ...
Dispensing wage subsidy ‘back on’ for existing staff after government changes tune
The Federal Government has reversed its decision to restrict a major optical dispensing traineeship wage subsidy to new employees only, ...
Demystifying lens coatings and treatments
The breadth of choice in lens coatings and treatments plays to the patient’s advantage, whether they are motivated by function, ...
Government imposes new restriction on optical trainee wage subsidy
Without warning, the Federal Government has made a crucial change to the Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements (BAC) scheme that is providing ...