If you wish to register as a student optician with the OOM, you must be enrolled in an accredited opticianry program. A list of accredited programs can be found on the Accreditation Canada Website.

Individuals who are applying for student registration in Manitoba for the first time are required to submit:

• a completed student registration form through the online portal 
• a completed supervisor’s agreement form (Appendix C)

NOTE: A student supervisor may supervise two eyeglass students but only one contact lens student at a time.

• the student registration fee
• the original version of a criminal record search report from your local jurisdiction, which includes a vulnerable sector search, completed within the previous three years
• one passport size photo with the verification stamp and witness signature on the back
• documentation as proof that the student is enrolled in an accredited opticianry program once they have received it from the Opticians Association of Canada.

Student registrations must be renewed if a student is planning to enroll in a second or subsequent session of an accredited opticianry program.