BSc., OPTOMETRY TECHNOLOGY:
OPTOMETRY TECHNOLOGY COURSES
Optometry Courses is an undergraduate course with 3 years (6 semesters) duration. after course completion, some of the universities/institutes give 1-year internship/training for students’ practical knowledge and for future jobs in this field. It is a vision care science. This optometry field gives spacies training and knowledge about the human eye and how to operate the advanced types of which are must know every optometry student. B.optom deals with the diagnosis treatment and management of the visual system. Communication skills also provide for how to behave to patients. This course gives more scope for students.
The average salary for an optometrist is 1.5L-8L per annum. It may vary through their profile and years of experience of the candidate. after successfully completing the course, you will have the knowledge and contribute to the optical and health care centers.
Specializations :
- Vision therapy
- Ocular disease
- Low vision
- Occupational vision
- Sports vision
- Education and research and etc
Vision theraphy
“Vision therapy as an attempt to develop or improve visual skills and abilities.”
Eligibility:
- 10+2 with 50% of marks (subjects biology, chemistry, physics, maths).
- Students are selected by merit process
job areas
The job areas for the course optometry are private and government hospitals and clinics, contact lens manufacturing companies, Orthotic lenses, optical showrooms, multinational optical products companies research centers, etc.
job positions:
The job positions for the students are Sales executive for Opto products, Opto doctor, Run their own medical, researcher, eye care manager, also join in the army after the SSB examination, diagnostics, NGO’s, Blind schools, etc. After the completion of their undergraduate degree if they go for their higher studies in this field they will get an opportunity to a lecture in colleges.
DIPLOMA IN OPTOMETRY TECHNOLOGY:
Diploma in optometry is a diploma-level optometric course. it is a 3 (after course completion some of the universities/institutes give 1-year internship/training for students practical knowledge and for future jobs in this field)years course. It is used to examine eye problems or abnormalities in the human eyes. the diploma in optometric includes eye structure, visual and vision system. diploma in optometric students is well known in how to handle or use advanced equipment which is used in this field. this course includes subjects such as phycology, physical management, optometric management, etc. this also involves orthotics, low vision, pediatric vision. this course has more knowledge in clinical sciences, biomedical, especially in vision therapy and opticals.
This course is career orienting in nature that opens many jobs in the medical field. Communication skills also provide for how to behave to patients. a huge number of people need eye care like children, adults and the old. the average salary for these jobs is 1L-5L per annum as per their experience and profile of the candidate. after successfully completing the course, you will have the knowledge and contribute to the optical and health care centers.
Eligibility:
10+2(maths, physics, chemistry, biology) with 50% marks and above in the qualifying exam.
job areas:
The job areas are optical shop, lens manufacturing unit, and also work with optical shop, eye doctors, contact lens, ophthalmic lens industry, hospital eye departments, multinational optical product companies, the focal lens in vision care, government hospitals, corporate sector, public health sciences, academic institutes, Indian nursing councils, orphanage, eye care centers and etc. take up teaching field if they go for their higher studies in this optometric field.
job positions:
The job positions for this course are sales executive, optometry technician, lab technician, assistant nutrition, private practitioner, trine optometrist, office assistant, lens consultant, lab assistant, junior medical coder and etc.