Optician news in brief

Nominations have been welcomed by the World Council of Optometry (WCO) for its two international awards for optometrists including entries for the Distinguished Service and International Optometrist awards. Tone Garaas-Maurdalen, WCO president, said: 'There are many optometrists who make an outstanding contribution to the profession, and I urge our members to recognise their commitment by nominating them for these awards.' Nominations must be made by October 1 at www.worldoptometry.org/awards with the winner announced in April next year.

Optician's jobs website has passed a milestone in optical recruitment by having over 2,000 vacancies on offer. This Monday www.opticianonline.net featured 2,174 jobs with the majority being for optometrists (1,432). The total was added to by 374 DO posts, 223 optical assistant jobs, 96 jobs in optical management plus posts in sales and marketing, for contact lens opticians, optical technicians and pre-regs.