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4V0X1 Optometry

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Overview

An Optometry specialist performs visual tests and procedures and assists optometrists with patient treatment. The specialist aids in diagnosing eye disorders and helps Airmen with aviator contact lenses.

Minimum ASVAB: G 52

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 4V011 helper · 4V031 apprentice · 4V051 journeyman · 4V071 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Military eyewear prescription processing
  • Ophthalmic clinic technical and administrative coordination
  • Ophthalmic equipment and materiel oversight

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians

Military experience performing visual screening tests, assisting patient treatment, and supporting ophthalmic clinic operations directly overlaps with ophthalmic technician work.

How to prepare: Compare your documented visual-screening experience with a prospective clinic's technician competency checklist to identify procedures needing supervised practice.

What the civilian work involves
  • Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests.
  • Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes.
  • Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • AcuityPro
  • EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems EyeMD EMR

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: OPHTHALMIC (4V0X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "OPHTHALMIC"; normalized cached text lines 13528-13550; explicit AFSC match for 4V0X1

    Supports: Military eyewear prescription processing, Ophthalmic clinic technical and administrative coordination, Ophthalmic equipment and materiel oversight, Ophthalmic Medical Technicians (O*NET 29-2057.00)

  2. O*NET: Ophthalmic Medical Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Ophthalmic Medical Technicians (O*NET 29-2057.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 4V0X1

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 4V0X1. Each history page explains the change.

91215Optometry Helper91235Apprentice Optometry Specialist91255Optometry Specialist91275Optometry Technician

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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