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No. IJCAHPO calls its certification voluntary, and its own agreement of certification puts the work inside delegation: you perform the technical ophthalmic services a sponsoring ophthalmologist delegates, according to their directions. The certification says what you have been examined on; the physician's delegation sets the day.

Every applicant needs one. IJCAHPO's application carries a sponsoring ophthalmologist's endorsement, and 2 of the 3 COA routes count clinical hours worked under an ophthalmologist's supervision, 500 or 1,000 depending on the route. An optometry-only practice is worth checking against those routes before you count your time there.

Because that's how the titles classify. A posting titled ophthalmic assistant, ophthalmic technician or certified ophthalmic assistant is read as optometric technician work by our classifier, which is the name our dictionaries give the exam-lane role. The credential filter and the role page are 2 ways into the same openings.