PACE NONCREDIT COURSE:
Optical Manager
Areas of Study
Course Type
Overview
Hours: 390 | Duration: 18 months
In this online course, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to become an optician and prepare for the Basic American Board of Opticianry (ABO) exams. This includes the NOCE (National Opticianry Competency Exam) and the CLRE (Contact Lens Registry Exam), required by many states to work as opticians or as a stepping-stone to career advancement.
You will learn how to read prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses, become familiar with the equipment opticians use, and understand eye anatomy and eye diseases. Additionally, you will learn various office responsibilities within an optometrist’s office, including bookkeeping, tracking inventory and sales, maintaining customer records (payments and prescriptions). This course also serves as preparation for the QuickBooks Certified User exam.
After successfully completing this course, you will possess the knowledge required to pass the American Board of Opticianry (ABO), National Opticianry Certification Exam (NOCE) exam, or Contact Lens Registry Exam (CLRE) to begin a career as an optician and have the skills and knowledge to advance as an optical manager in this popular and exciting medical field.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive vouchers to sit for the QuickBooks Certified User (QBCU) Exam and the Microsoft exams MO-200 and MO-201 (Excel) and MO-100 and MO-101 (Word). The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility. Proctor fees may apply, which are not included.
Please note: We strongly recommend researching your state’s requirements before pursuing a career as an optician. For example, while some states only require a high school diploma or GED and passing score on the ABO exam to fulfill licensing requirements, others have their optician licensing exams. Additionally, some states may require that opticians complete an apprenticeship program or degree program to become licensed.
Curriculum
- Optician Certification Training
- What Is an Optician?
- Preparing for the NOCE and CLRE
- The Parts of the Eye
- Simple Math and Algebra Concepts for Opticians
- Light, Prentice’s Rule, and Abbe values
- Ophthalmic Lens Designs
- Refractive Errors
- The Spectacle or Glasses Prescription
- Lens Materials and Treatments
- Effective Power and Compensated Power Calculations
- All About Frames
- Frame Adjustment Basics and Dispensing
- Lensometry, Measurement Devices, and Multifocal Lens Considerations
- Prisms and Decentration
- Midterm Exam
- Keratometry and Corneal Topography
- Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines
- Contact Lens Prefitting
- Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy
- Soft Contact Lenses
- Rigid Gas-Permeable Contact Lenses
- Hybrid and Scleral Lenses
- Orthokeratology and Keratoconus
- Contact Lens-Related Conditions and Pathology
- Ocular Pathology and Systemic Conditions That Affect the Eyes
- Optician Review
- Final Exam (Cumulative)
- Optional Career Roadmap Lesson
- Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online
- Introduction to Bookkeeping
- Accounting Basics
- Getting Started With QuickBooks Online
- The Chart of Accounts
- Centers and Lists
- Bank Accounts
- Recording Expenses and Paying Bills
- Credit Cards and Loans
- Sales Receipts
- Invoices, Estimates, and Customizing Sales Forms
- Billable Expenses and Customer Credits
- Sales Taxes and Reports
- Midterm Exam
- Product and Service Items
- Managing Inventory
- Managing Projects and Sales
- Progress Invoicing, Late Fees, and Bad Debts
- Payroll
- Fixed Assets and Loans
- Business Entities and Owner Transactions
- Banking Rules, Receipts, and Budgets
- Adjusting and Reviewing the Books
- Starting a Bookkeeping Business
- Your Career Roadmap: The Job Search and Future Opportunities (Optional Lesson)
- Communication and Organization (Optional Lesson)
- Microsoft Word
- Introduction to Microsoft Word
- Creating a Microsoft Word Document
- The Ribbon
- The File Tab
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- Formatting Microsoft Word Documents
- Editing Documents
- Finalizing Microsoft Word Documents
- Introduction to Microsoft Word Exam
- Intermediate Microsoft Word
- Advanced Formatting
- Working with Tables
- Working with Images
- Page Layout
- Working with Illustrations
- Viewing Your Document(s)
- Intermediate Microsoft Word Exam
- Advanced Microsoft Word
- Working with Long Documents
- Reviewing and Collaborating on Documents
- Comparing and Combining Documents
- Managing Mailings
- Protecting Documents
- Random Useful Items
- Advanced Microsoft Word Exam
- Microsoft Word Final Exam
- Introduction to Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel
- Creating a Microsoft Excel Workbook
- The Ribbon
- The Backstage View (The File Menu)
- Entering Data in Microsoft Excel Worksheets
- Formatting Microsoft Excel Worksheets
- Using Formulas in Microsoft Excel
- Working with Rows and Columns
- Editing Worksheets
- Finalizing Microsoft Excel Worksheets
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel Exam
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel
- Advanced Formulas
- Working with Lists
- Working with Illustrations
- Visualizing Your Data
- Working with Tables
- Advanced Formatting
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel Exam
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Using Pivot Tables
- Auditing Worksheets
- Data Tools
- Working with Others
- Recording and Using Macros
- Random Useful Items
- Advanced Microsoft Excel Exam
- Microsoft Excel Final Exam
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel
Course Requirements
Requirements: Hardware Requirements: Software Requirements: Other: Instructional Material Requirements: The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment. The following materials will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment in the Optician Certification Training portion of the program: The following materials will be shipped to you approximately 7-10 business days after enrollment in the Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Online portion of the program: Manuals are included as downloadable PDFs throughout the Microsoft portions of the course.
