Skills and Abilities

• Examine patients' eyes, conduct tests and use specialized instruments to determine visual efficiency
• Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses and other vision aids to correct patients' vision
• Prescribe treatment to conserve, improve and correct vision and other ocular disorders
• Refer patients to ophthalmologists or other physicians and surgeons when ocular or other diseases are found

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
• Membership in the Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO)