ABDO College is offering a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team of dedicated teaching and administrative staff at Godmersham, Kent. ABDO College offer a range of courses through Access, Diploma, Degree, Advanced and Honours, providing quality...

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A comprehensive education programme focused on driving up skill levels among support team members within the optical sector WCSM awarded qualifications range from Level 2 Optical Support to Level 4 Optical Technicians and Level 4 Diploma for Optical Assistants. The offer also includes Fast Track...

Course starts in January 2018 The fast track level 4 Diploma for Optical Technicians qualification will be awarded by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers. The SMC (Tech) qualification is regarded by many as the ‘Gold Standard’ for the industry and will entitle qualified persons to use...

The ABDO Dispensing Practical Preliminary and Final Qualifying Examinations will be moving to a new venue from January 2018. The new venue is called The Studio, which is situated in the heart of Birmingham City Centre. The Studio is a two minute walk from New Street Station Six minute...

Access a pathway to become a DO An opportunity towards a career as a dispensing optician ABDO College’s Access Courses are designed to help prospective dispensing optician students to meet the necessary entry requirements. They are also a useful refresher for those who have been out of...

Develop your professional skills An opportunity to develop your professional skills and help others Due to changing demographics the demand for specialist low vision services is steadily increasing. By enhancing your low vision skills you can greatly help others, which is both valuable and...

ABDO College has published its Annual Report for 2016. To view or download the ABDO College Annual Report 2016, please click...

Foundation Degree /BSc (Hons) in Ophthalmic Dispensing (Year 1) Fellowship Dispensing Diploma courses (Year 1) ABDO College offers a choice of two distance learning courses on the route to becoming a qualified dispensing optician (DO): Option 1 A two-year Foundation Degree course followed...

September 2017 brings an exciting new course and Level 4 qualification from ABDO College and WCSM… Supporting our businesses to have sustainable growth, to plan for the future and to thrive, we need to have the right people with the right skills delivering excellence to our patients. For...

COURSE STARTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 Provided by ABDO College working in conjunction with Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), the new BSc (Hons) in Vision Science course is designed for fully qualified dispensing opticians who wish to gain a profession specific degree and acquire graduate...

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