GOC updates CLO qualification requirements

Updates to education and training requirements for contact lens opticians have been approved by the General Optical Council at its latest meeting on March 16.

A single qualification approved by the GOC, with an integrated 225 hours of learning and experience in practice, was now required.

Marcus Dye, acting director of regulatory strategy at GOC, said: ‘The requirements will ensure that the qualifications we approve going forward are responsive to the changing needs of patients and service-users, changes in higher education, and the increased expectations of trainees, commissioners and employers.’