Ophthalmic Medical Technician (3061CBV1) Competency-Based

Canadian Valley Technology Center- Ophthalmic Medical Technician

Registered 2024

Oklahoma (OA)

Documents

Individual state requirements may vary. Please contact your local apprenticeship office to ensure this version is suitable to your state’s requirements.

Work Process Schedule

Work Process Content

On the Job Training

Anonymous

Skills

Record patient medical histories.

Measure and record lens power, using lensometers.
Take and document patients' medical histories.

Test patient vision.

Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using retinoscopes.
Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles.
Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision.
Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception.
Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
Measure and record lens power using lensometers

Measure the physical or physiological attributes of patients.

Take anatomical or functional ocular measurements of the eye or surrounding tissue, such as axial length measurements.
Measure corneal curvature with keratometers or ophthalmometers to aid in the diagnosis of conditions, such as astigmatism.

Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.

Optical Coherence Tomography
Ophthalmic slit lamp photography
Ophthalmic fundus photography
Understand principles of Fluorescein Angiography and recognize the different phases of the test
Understand principles of corneal cross linking

Administer non-intravenous medications.