Specsavers lead the way with T Levels in the optics industry

Multinational optical retail chain Specsavers have announced they’ll be leading the way for T Levels within the optics industry. Working in partnership with us, they’ve committed to offer 100 industry placements for Healthcare Science T Level students.

Our T Level qualifications are designed in collaboration with employers to reflect the needs of the sectors and occupations they're designed to serve. All students benefit from a minimum of 45 days of industry placement alongside their classroom-based technical learning, providing invaluable practical experience as well as the theory.

Within the Healthcare Science T Level, there is an optical care services specialism, which is where Specsavers come in – offering industry placements to ensure these students gain valuable experience.

The company is also hoping that its offer will encourage further education providers to offer the optical care services specialism as part of the T Level, with any additional placements then running from 2024.

Why choose T Levels?  

Listen to this podcast where Dena Wyatt, National Apprenticeship Manager, and Retail Directory of the Stafford and Stoke Specsavers Stores, Jason Guy discuss the benefits of studying T Levels after GCSEs.   

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Supporting the next generation of potential future stars of our industry is hugely important and something that Specsavers is passionate about for the benefit of all, not least for colleagues across the sector but customers as well. This initiative with NCFE is just one example of how Specsavers works with a range of different partners to elevate the industry as a whole.

8 top tips for a successful career in optics from a Specsavers specialist

As leading international optician, Specsavers, supports the launch of the technical qualification, we asked Nick Trivino, Apprenticeship Programme Designer at Specsavers, to reflect on his 15-year career in optics. He shared with us some top tips on how to have a successful career in this sector.

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