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- Hello and welcome to the Laramy-K
OpticianWorks Training Center
where today I'd like to give you
a bit of an insider's look
on what's been happening with the website
and some exciting things you can expect to see
in the coming months.
In January every year
I do my very best to go through the entire site
and make sure that you have everything that you need
to be a great optician.
And even though I have done this 10 times before,
I'm always surprised by the amount of updating
that needs to be done in the course of just one year.
Content was reviewed and updated
for the sections on office progressives.
We're expanding assisted technology in low vision.
I added a statement breakdown example
in insurance or vision care plans.
We added a new item in Blue Light Control.
And I refreshed Safety Eyewear.
I tidied up a few of the exams
and we reworked the illustrations
for the practice exercises
for both the optical cross and the percent rule.
I even added a handy little printout feature.
At Laramy-K OpticianWorks,
while we don't advertise products,
we are 100% open to working with companies
if we genuinely believe that their information
will make you a better optician.
Just some of this year's vendor updates
include Optikam and all their latest material,
Marco with updates on their auto lensmeters,
Smith for prescription goggles,
Hilco brought me up to speed
on their dive masks and safety eyewear,
BPI helped me with a few new articles and links,
Eclips provided us with a new way
of thinking about blue light control,
Chemistrie with their custom design clip-on series,
Santinelli with information on their newest edger,
and SIOS with their optical tools and supplies.
Wow.
Of course we have some exciting projects
that we will be working on over the course of 2019.
A new fully revised easier to navigate Optics 101 course,
new videos on astigmatism, lens design, anti-fog products,
changeable tint lenses that favor sunglasses,
and even a video about working with us at Laramy-K.
Keep your fingers crossed,
we may also finally have that
NCLE prep material that you've been asking for.
Utilizing our new dispensing section of the Training Center,
we'll be digging much deeper into every part of dispensing,
including technology-driven measurements, repairs,
and maybe even a frame-building workshop.
On a very personal note,
I'd like to thank each and everyone of you
for watching and being a part of Laramy-K OpticianWorks.
Your overwhelming positive feedback just keeps pushing us,
pushing me to drive the very best
and current optician education content that we can.
So please join us on the journey through 2019 and beyond
and help support our efforts at Laramy-K
by becoming a member of OpticianWorks.
And make darn sure that every uncut lens
in your optical life comes from Laramy-K
where, as an added bonus to working with an amazing lab,
all Laramy-K optical customers have complete access,
free access to the OpticianWorks Training Program.
If you ever have a question, a comment,
or an idea for a great video,
I'm always an email away.
I can't promise I will get to every suggestion but I'll try.
I can promise you that if I get an email from you,
I will answer it.
Thank you so much for watching.
I will see you again next week.
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