Every apprenticeship undertaken pursuant to 235 CMR 4.00 shall provide the apprentice optician with both supervised work experience and related classroom instruction in all of the following subject areas:

1. (1) Lensometer measurement, including sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism measurement and marking of measurements;
2. (2) Lens cutting;
3. (3) Automatic edging of lenses;
4. (4) Drilling and rimless mounting of plastic lenses;
5. (5) Hand stone edging of lenses;
6. (6) Lens hardening, including drop ball testing;
7. (7) Use of a colmoscope;
8. (8) Alterations of plastic frames and lens insertion;
9. (9) Use of lens-measuring devices, including clocks, Geneva lens measures, thickness gauges and neutralization devices;
10. (10) Use of fitting tools, including pliers, files, distometers, pupillometers and frame warmers;
11. (11) Supervised optical fitting of eyeglasses with patients, including measurement of patients for eyeglasses, interpretation of prescriptions, selection of lens types, designing of lenses, and adjustment of eyeglasses;
12. (12) Principles of administrative work, including inventory control, purchasing, use of statistical studies, and formula pricing;
13. (13) Principles of office management;
14. (14) Resolution of client complaints;
15. (15) Use of contact lens equipment, including keratometers, slit lamps, radioscopes, cobalt light with flourescein, and measuring gauges; and
16. (16) Preparation and fitting of contact lenses, including keratometer measurement, corneal lens design, and lens inspection.