Key Job Roles and Responsibilities (Trainee Level)

• Refraction Testing: Performing visual acuity tests, retinoscopy, and refraction tests to determine the refractive error and required prescription for eyeglasses or contact lenses.
• Preliminary Examinations: Taking patient histories and measuring distance and near vision.
• Diagnostic Investigations: Operating ophthalmic equipment, such as tonometry (eye pressure), lensometry (checking old glasses), autofraction, keratometry (corneal curvature), and visual field tests.