Now is the time to train for optical professionals

Acquiring new skills can add immeasurable value to any job, and UK optics is blessed with a range of opportunities and training providers.

Furthermore, this applies across the full set of optical disciplines. While optometrists are being encouraged to refresh their knowledge of cataract, glaucoma, AMD and diabetes screening in order to provide NHS services for packed out hospitals, dispensing opticians are providing more services and optical support staff taking the opportunity to extend their expertise.

In addition to bolstering experience and confidence, candidates are increasingly in need of a CV that can boast extra training, while many have made career transitions without going off the payroll at all. The fact practitioners are arriving from overseas to embark on UK training illustrates there is every reason to investigate career-changing resources sitting right on the doorstep.