Available Classes

1 HIV-AIDS; Required (*)
2 Adjustment; Required (**)
2 Law; Required
2 Medical Errors; Required
2 Apprenticeship (***)

2 Law; Required (**)

2 Law; Required

2 Technical; Contacts
2 Technical; Contacts
1 Technical; Contacts
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2 Technical; Contacts
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1 Technical; Contacts

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EL = Elective; HS = Home Study; RQ = Required; TC = Technical Contact Lenses; TS = Technical Spectacles

(*) Required only the first time you renew your license
(**) No longer required for license applicants. Highly recommended!
(***) Required of newly registered apprentices (must be done during the first year of your apprenticeship)

TC-01 Tale of Ocular Anatomy, A (ABO)
TC-02 Basic Contact Lens Course for Dispensing Opticians (ABO)
TC-03 Contact Lens Dos and Don’ts
TC-04 Contact Lens Solutions
TC-05 Evolution of Contact Lens Theory and Fitting, The
TC-06 Contact Lens Course for the Spectacle-ular Optician, The
TC-07 Ask the Doctor – A Contact Lens Forum
TC-08 Raising the Bar - Contact Lenses

TC-09 "Solutions" for Contact Lenses

TC-10 The "Perfect" I & R Session

TC-11 HIV-AIDS: Contact Lenses and the ECP

TC-12 When to Divorce a Lens

TC-13 Myopia Management with Contact Lenses

TC-14 Gas Permeable Contact Lens Fitting

Contact Lens Hours Available: 21

RQ-01 HIV-AIDS and the Eye-Care Professional
RQ-02 Hands-On Adjustment Seminar
RQ-03 Florida Opticianry Rules and Laws
RQ-04 Reduction of Ophthalmic, Medical Errors (ABO)
RQ-05 Apprentice Orientation Class, The

RQ-06 Initial Florida Opticianry Rules and Laws

RQ-07 The Seventh Sense of Ophthalmic Dispensing (Law Class)

Required Hours Available: 13

HS-01 Florida Laws and Rules for Dispensing Opticians
HS-02 Initial Florida Laws and Rules for Opticianry Applicants
HS-03 The Reduction of Medical and Ophthalmic Errors
HS-04 HIV and AIDS
HS-05 The Apprentice Orientation Course
HS-06 Essentials of Management and Supervision for ECPs
HS-07 Polarization and Sun Wear
HS-08 Common Optical Disorders
HS-09 Understanding AR and Increasing Percentages
HS-10 Competing with On-Line Sellers
HS-11 Anisometropia in the 21st Century
HS-12 Living in the Material World
HS-13 The Dark Side of the Blue
HS-14 Contact Lens Solutions

HS-15 Contact Lens Dos and Don'ts

HS-16 A Basic Contact Lens Primer

HS-17 Fresnel

HS-18 The Evolution of Contact Lenses

HS-19 Building Memory Skills

HS-20 Cleanliness and Hygiene for ECPs

HS-21 The "Perfect" I&R Session

HS-22 Geriatric Dispensing

HS-23 Falling: The Dangers of Multifocals

HS-24 Contact Lenses: Technology, Terminology, Tomorrow

HS-25 Scleral Lenses in One Hour or Less!

HS-26 Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye

HS-27 Mythbusters: Florida Optician's Edition

HS-28 The History of Opticianry and More

HS-29 Abbe Road

HS-30 An Optician's Guide to Improving Workplace Relationships

Home-Study Hours Available: 37

EL-01 Calming Upset Customers (ABO)
EL-02 Professional Telephone Skills (ABO)
EL-03 Interviewing Skills and Hiring Practices (ABO)
EL-04 Essential Management Skills for ECPs (ABO)
EL-05 Motivation, Delegation, and Team-Building for ECPs (ABO)
EL-06 Math Bowl Math for Dispensing Opticians
EL-07 Selling Yourself First
EL-08 Science of Selling, The
EL-10 Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact
EL-11 Building Strategic Thinking Skills
EL-12 The SELF Profile – Personality Dynamics
EL-13 Getting Loopy – Creating and Presenting an In-Office Loop
EL-14 10 Ways to Become the Best Boss You Can Be (ABO)
EL-15 How to Hire, Retain, and Release Employees (ABO)
EL-16 Five Fundamentals of Optical Supervision (ABO)
EL-17 New Managers Mini Track (ABO)

EL-18 Business Writing and Grammar Skills "Four" Dummies

EL-19 Answering the $64,000 Question: "Why...$$$" (ABO)

EL-20 The 12 Most Common Practice Management Mistakes

EL-21 Building Memory Skills

EL-22 Let's Have a Meeting

EL-23 Improving Sales and Relationships through Communication

EL-24 The Disruption of On-Line Sales to the Optical Insdustry

EL-25 Cost-Effective On-Line Marketing Strategies for ECPs

EL-26 4-hour Management and Leadership Cram Course

EL-27 Essential Management and Leadership Skills

EL-28 Essential Skills for Dynamic Public Speaking

EL-29 Interviewing Skills for ECPs

Elective Hours Available: 51

Optical Seminars, Inc. – Available Courses as of November 2024

2 Elective; Dispensing
2 Elective; Administrative
2 Elective; Management
2 Elective; Management
2 Elective; Management
1 Elective; Administrative
1 Elective; Management
2 Elective; Sales
2 Elective; Communication
2 Elective; Development
2 Elective; Development
2 Elective; Administrative
1 Elective; Management
1 Elective, Management
2 Elective; Management
3 Elective; Management

2 Elective; Communication

2 Elective; Management

1 Elective; Development

1 Elective; Management

2 Elective; Communication

1 Elective; Sales

1 Elective; Marketing

4 Elective; Management

2 Elective; Management

2 Elective; Communication

2 Elective; Management

TS-01 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Opticians, The (ABO)
TS-02 212° Dispensing
TS-03 The “All Wet” Liquids Seminar (ABO)
TS-04 Anisometropia: 21st Century Applications
TS-05 Dispensing A – Z
TS-06 Polarization and UV Protection – Soak Up the Sun! (ABO)
TS-07 Polarization and Polarized Lenses (ABO)
TS-08 Opticianry On-Line (ABO)
TS-09 Premium Optical Products, part 1 (ABO)
TS-10 Premium Optical Products, part 2 (ABO)
TS-11 Progressive Lenses and New Technology (ABO)
TS-12 Frame Materials: Features & Advantages
TS-13 One-Minute Optician, The – part 1 (ABO)
TS-14 One-Minute Optician, The – part 2 (ABO)
TS-15 ‘Opias…’Itises…Phobias
TS-16 Putting PROFESSIONAL Back Into ECP (ABO)
TS-17 Troubleshooting and Overcoming Objections
TS-18 Multiple Pairs with Progressives & Photochromics
TS-19 Optimizing & Customizing the Patient Fit: 12 Tips
TS-20 Geriatric Dispensing – Catering to Senior Patients
TS-21 Competing with Internet Optical Sellers
TS-22 25 Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction
TS-23 Hands-On Frame Adjustments Clinic
TS-24 Resolving Common and Uncommon Patient Complaints
TS-25 Tool Time – Tools of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
TS-26 Evolution of Progressive Lenses: 1959-2015, The
TS-27 World of Transitions Lenses, The
TS-28 Anti, Anti-Reflective Lens Course, The
TS-29 Most-Needed, Least-Known Second Pair, The
TS-30 What the Doctor Ordered – Ask the Ophthalmologist
TS-31 What the Doctor Ordered – Ask the Optometrist
TS-32 What’s New With Progressives?
TS-33 Apps and Websites to Enhance Your Practice of Opticianry
TS-34 Living in the Material World – Frames and Lenses

TS-35 Consultative Dispensing

TS-36 Differences in AR Quality - Is the Extra $$ Worth It?

TS-37 Raising the Bar - Spectacles

TS-38 STP - Sunglasses, Transitions, and Polarization

TS-39 The Dark Side of the Blue

TS-40 Macular Degeneration: A Primer for Front-Line ECPs

TS-41 From Franklin to Free-Form - Multifocal Lenses from A-Z

TS-42 The Ultimate Second-Pair Seminar

TS-43 The Harm and Benefits of Blue Light

TS-44 Macular Degeneration for ECPs Cram Course

TS-45 Blue Light Cram Course

TS-46 The All-New 2017 One-Minute Optician

TS-47 Expanding Your Optical Vocabulary, part I

TS-48 Expanding Your Optical Vocabulary, part II

TS-49 Not Your Mama's Lenses!

TS-50 Lens Solutions for Digital Eye Strain

TS-51 A.R. Lenses for the Real World

TS-52 The Wild Blue Yonder: Addressing Blue-Light Challenges

TS-53 The Optics of Free-Form, Progressive Lenses

TS-54 The Digital and Free-Form Seminar

TS-54 Toy Box Opticianry

TS-56 Not Your Mama's Lenses - All-New 2018 Edition

TS-57 Fresnel: The Man, The Method, and More

TS-58 New Products 2019-2020

TS-59 POW! Taking Position-of-Wear Measurements

TS-60 Expanding Your Optical Vocabulary in 1 Hour

TS-61 The One-Minute Optician, 2018 Edition

TS-62 Selling Strategies for DES, CVS, and HEV

TS-63 The Basics of Refraction

TS-64 How to Irritate Your Patients

TS-65 Competing With On-Line Sellers

TS-66 The Sleeping Giant of Second-Pair Sales

TS-67 UV vs. Blue Light

TS-68 OHIO: Occupational Hygiene in Opticianry

TS-69 Toy Box Opticianry

TS-70 Spectacle Lens Solutions for Digital Eye Strain

TS-71 Smart Life: Evolution of Lens Design for Dynamic Connectivity

TS-72 Strategies for Second-Pair Sales

TS-73 More Protection...Less Reflections

TS-74 It All Becomes Clear: The Self-Tinting Lens Opportunity

TS-75 Do You See What I See? A Doctor's Insight Into Patient Experience

TS-76 Spectacle Lens Solutions for Driving's Visual Challenges

TS-77 Upgrade Your Standard Single-Vision Lens

TS-78 Drive Safe!

TS-79 Rx Troubleshooting

TS-80 Prescribing Eyewear

TS-81 Fresnel: Press-On Prisms and More

TS-82 Myth Busters: Florida Opticians Edition!

TS-83 Ocular Disease and the ECP

TS-84 Headache and the Ophthalmic Dispenser

TS-85 Post-Refractive Surgery and the ECP

TS-86 Pediatrics and the ECP

TS-87 OTC and the ECP (Over-the-Counter Medications and the ECP)

TS-88 Do You See What I See? Marathon Edition!

TS-89 Free-Form: Understanding and Selling

Spectacle Hours Available: 156

Total Unique Hours Available: 278

2 Home Study; Required
2 Home Study; Required (**)
2 Home Study; Required
1 Home Study; Required (*)
2 Home Study; Required (***)
2 Home Study; Elective - Mgt.
1 Home Study; Technical
1 Home Study; Technical
1 Home Study; Technical
1 Home Study; Elective
2 Home Study; Technical
1 Home Study; Technical
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1 Home Study; Elective

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