| 词条 | Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers |
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The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, UK. The Company was founded by a Royal Charter of Charles I in 1629 AD; it was granted the status of a Livery Company in 1809. The Company was empowered to set regulations and standards for optical devices; this was eroded by the Industrial Revolution, after which mechanical advancements made trade restrictions difficult to enforce. F.S.M.C. credentialThe Company acquired the right, however, to set examinations that opticians had to pass before practising. The opticians that successfully passed the examinations were designated F.S.M.C. and this credential stood for Fellowship in Optometry of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers.[1][2] British College of Ophthalmic OpticiansThis power was surrendered to the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (now titled the College of Optometrists) in 1979, who took over the examination of optometrists, and in 1986 power of examination for dispensing opticians was surrendered to the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO). Association of British Dispensing OpticiansIn 1986, the power of examination for dispensing opticians was surrendered to the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO). Now, the Spectacle Makers' Company supports charities, including Vision Aid Overseas, and research in the field of optics and conducts training and professional development including the two-year correspondence course for optical technicians that has national accredication in the British National Qualifications Framework.
The Spectacle Makers' Company ranks sixtieth in the order of precedence for Livery Companies. References1. ^Editor. (1905). White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham. Trade Directory. Sheffield Indexers. London. 2. ^Editor. (2016). GOC Recognised Qualifications. General Optical Council. 10 Old Bailey, London. External links
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