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 that keeps pace with these advancements.
Several core and elective units in the qualification have become outdated since the last update in 2015. This comprehensive review will align them with evolving technological advancements and changing industry standards.
Our 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 is being established to provide expert advice. Its members will be selected for their individual expertise relevant to the diverse aspects of the project.
Project fact sheet
View the Terms of Reference and Technical Committee members.
August 2024
We will undertake numerous information gathering activities to prepare drafts of units of competency, qualifications and skill sets for national stakeholder consultations.
These include:
- a Technical Committee meeting to source stakeholders to consult on qualifications content, for insight on communication and consultation strategies, and to provide technical knowledge on the skills required to meet desired vocational outcomes
- 16 one-on-one interviews to determine the skills required in organisations, the career pathways for workers and the foreseeable changes in the sector. Interviews will be conducted with small, medium and large employers
- a virtual functional analysis workshop for industry stakeholders around Australian jurisdictions to determine skill commonalities and differences, which will assist in determining core and elective components of the draft qualifications
- desktop research to gather publicly available information on industry standards, working conditions and employer recruitment selection criteria.
November 2024
Targeted interviews and public workshops gave been conducted to provide valuable perspectives on our project's purpose. These were held in Melbourne (02/12/24), Canberra (04/12/24), Hobart (11/12/24) and online (13/12/24, 17/12/24).
A survey about this project and its workshops closed on Friday 10 January 2025.
Consultation Strategy
The draft training product documentation for this project is available to download.
Draft Training Product Documentation
Public consultation feedback received between Tuesday 5 November and Friday 22 November 2024 is available to review.
Public consultation feedback
February 2025
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June 2025
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