Competency in Optometry Examination

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CLINICAL EXAMINATION

• Both sections of the Clinical Examination (Skills Station and Patient Examination) are held over a period of one week. This means that candidates will undertake the Skills Station and Patient Examination components of the examination within a five day period (scheduled from Monday morning to Friday evening).
• Applications are available from the Examination Manager via exam.manager@ocanz.org on successful completion of the written examination component.  Candidates are able to select their preferred session, however, this session is NOT guaranteed. Sessions will NOT be allocated and candidates will NOT be advised of final session until after the relevant closing dates.
• Allocation of sessions is based on a first come first served basis.  Please note that once sessions are fully subscribed, a third session will only be available if there are sufficient numbers and venue availability.  Candidates may need to wait until the next series of clinical examinations.

Venues

The written examination is held as a remote online proctored examination.

The venue for the Clinical Parts of the examination will be the Australian College of Optometry in Melbourne, Australia.

It is a strong recommendation of the facility where the clinical examination is conducted that candidates are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including booster vaccines where necessary.

For information on fees go to Examination Fees