Ophthalmic Dispensing*
Bradford College
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bradford · 09/2025
Tariff points: 64/64
New workers start around £13,721. Normal pay is £24,349 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £36,073.
In the past year there were 10,308 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
Fits spectacles and advises patient on lens care and any other difficulties likely to be experienced.
Ensures that completed spectacles conform to specification and fit the patient correctly and comfortably.
Prepares detailed instructions for workshop.
Advises patient on lens type and choice of spectacle frames.
Interprets prescription and measures patient’s face to determine distance between pupil centres, height of bridge of nose, etc..
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Medical Prescription
Contact Lenses
Booking (Sales)
Setting Appointments
Marketing
Look And Feel
Optics
Optometry
Selling Techniques
After Sales Support
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Customer Service
Communication
Detail Oriented
Collections
Administrative Functions
Enthusiasm
Rapport Building
Sales
Teamwork
Management
People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.
Ophthalmic Dispensing*
Bradford College
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bradford · 09/2025
Tariff points: 64/64
Ophthalmic Dispensing (Accelerated)
University of Central Lancashire
BSc (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time · Preston · 01/09/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Healthcare Professions' Support for England (HTQ) top-up
Nottingham College
HND · 1 Year · Full-time · Nottingham · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Initial Year Science Optometry
University of Hertfordshire
MOptom · 5 Years · Full-time · Hatfield · 09/2025
Tariff points: 96/96
Introduction to Optometry
City, University of London
CertHE · 1 Year · Full-time · London · 09/2025
Tariff points: 104/104
Healthcare Science (Ophthalmic Imaging)
University of Gloucestershire
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Gloucester · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: 112/112
Orthoptics
Glasgow Caledonian University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Glasgow · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: 102/112
Healthcare Professions' Support
Newham College of Further Education
HND · 4 Years · Part-time · London · 08/09/2025
Tariff points: 64/64
Foundation in Clinical Sciences and Medicine leading to BSc Clinical Sciences
University of Bradford
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Bradford · 09/2025
Tariff points: 104/104
Life Sciences for Subjects Allied to Medicine
Birkbeck, University of London
CertHE · 1 Year · Part-time · London · 10/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Operating Department Practice with Foundation Year
Sheffield Hallam University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Sheffield · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: 64/64
Operating Department Practice
University of Portsmouth
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: 104/112
Bachelor's Health Degree with Blended Learning Foundation Year
Keele University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Blended learning (full-time) · Keele · 01/2026
Tariff points: 40/56
Operating Department Practice with Foundation Year
Buckinghamshire New University
BSc · 4 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 29/09/2025
Tariff points: 32/56
Optometry with Independent Prescribing MOptom
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
MOptom · 5 Years · Full-time · Inverness · 09/2025
Tariff points: 114/120
Operating Department Practitioner
University Centre Truro and Penwith
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bodmin · 08/09/2025
Tariff points: 112/112
Operating Department Practice with Foundation Year
Canterbury Christ Church University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Chatham · 09/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Operating Department Practice with Foundation Year
Coventry University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2025
Tariff points: 64/64
Biomedical Science (Including Professional Training Year)
Cardiff University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich including industrial placement · Cardiff · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Health and Social Care (Nursing Associate)
Southampton, Solent University
FdSc · 2 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: 104/120
Assistant Practitioner Health and Social Care (HTQ)
Derby College
FD · 2 Years · Full-time · Derby · 09/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Biological Sciences (Genetics and Genomics) (MBiol)
Oxford Brookes University
MBiol (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Oxford · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: 112/136
Operating Department Practice Studies
Teesside University
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Middlesbrough · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: 96/112
Operating Department Practice
University of Bolton
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bolton · 09/2025
Tariff points: 104/112
Biomedical Science (Including Foundation Year)
University of Essex
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Colchester · 10/2025
Tariff points: 72/72
Operating Department Practice
Northumbria University, Newcastle
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne · 09/2025
Tariff points: 112/112
Mental Health and Wellbeing (with Foundation Year)
Wrexham University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Wrexham · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: 48/72
Professional Development (Health & Social Care)
Petroc
BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Barnstaple · 09/2025
Tariff points: 48/48
Assistant Practitioner Health and Social Care
DN Colleges Group
FdSc · 2 Years · Full-time · Doncaster · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: 48/48
Operating Department Practice (with Foundation Year)
London South Bank University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · London · 09/2025
Tariff points: 64/64
Operating Department Practice
Swansea University
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Blended learning (full-time) · Swansea · 09/2025
Tariff points: 104/104
Operating Department Practice
University of Leicester
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: 112/112
Assistant Practitioner in Health and Social Care
Hugh Baird College
FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025
Tariff points: 96/96
Operating Department Practice
University of Hull
BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hull · 15/09/2025
Tariff points: 112/112
Operating Department Practice (with Foundation Year)
Bournemouth University
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Poole · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: 48/72
Applied Science (Analytical Science)
Blackpool and the Fylde College
FdSc · 2 Years · Full-time · Blackpool · 09/2025
Tariff points: 80/80
Foundation to Human and Animal Health Professions (Orthoptics) (Year 0)
University of Liverpool
BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: N/A
Higher Level Apprenticeship Assistant Practitioner
Plymouth Marjon University
FdSc · 2 Years · Part-time · Plymouth · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: 72/120
Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Management
University of South Wales
BSc (Hons) · 6 Years · Part-time · Pontypridd · 22/09/2025
Tariff points: 96/96
Health, Wellbeing and Social Care (T52)
Open University
CertHE · 1-2 Years · Distance learning · Milton Keynes · 10/2025
Tariff points: N/A