July 2024
The Optical Dispensing industry is integral to visual health and contributes to fashion and technology due to its incorporation of innovative designs and smart technologies. The market is expected to continue its growth trajectory driven by trends in digital device usage and the growing demand for functional yet fashionable eyewear. This highlights the need for training which keeps pace with these advancements.
Several core and elective units within the qualification have become outdated since the last update in 2015, necessitating a comprehensive review to align them with evolving technological advancements and changing industry standards.
A thorough review of Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing is essential to ensure the sector remains vibrant, relevant and well-equipped to contribute effectively to Australia’s healthcare and economic needs.
This review will focus on updating qualifications to reflect current industry practices, improve career pathways, and enhance the safety and quality of training to meet today's industry requirements and anticipate future challenges.
A project Technical Committee (TC) is currently being established to provide expert advice for this project. Technical Committee members are selected based on their individual expertise relevant to the diverse aspects of the project.
Project fact sheet
August 2024
Numerous information gathering activities will be undertaken to prepare drafts of units of competency, qualifications and skill sets for the national stakeholder consultations.
These include:
- a Technical Committee meeting to source stakeholder names to consult on qualifications content, for insight on communication and consultation strategies, and to provide technical knowledge into the skills required to meet the desired vocational outcome of the qualifications.
- 16 one-on-one interviews will be undertaken to determine the skills required in organisations, the career pathways for workers and the focused changes in their sector in the foreseeable future. These will include small, medium and large employers, TAFEs and RTOs to understand what has previously prevented them having the qualification on scope and what would assist with future training delivery.
- A virtual functional analysis workshop will bring together industry stakeholders from all Australian jurisdictions to determine what are the skill commonalities and differences. This information will assist in the determination of the core and elective components of the draft qualifications.
- Desktop research will be used to gather publicly available information into industry standards, working conditions and employer’s recruitment key selection criteria.
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