Perhaps the most positive way to advance the field of opticianry is to put all of our efforts toward getting a minimum requirement to dispense. Minimum because it is entry level, requirement because it thins the hiring pool..thus increased demand for those who meet the minimum requirement. The minimum requirement should be based on how much harm optical incompetency can cause John Q. Public not on how much knowledge you can accumulate. In the meanwhile business goes on as usual people without any knowledge of optical dispensing what so ever are being hired for lower wages and passing themselves off as opticians.
Im sorry if Im out of place Wes.. perhaps these are the wrong comments for this thread.
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