General Optical Council

Introduction to CET
It is essential that eye care practitioners maintain the up to date skills and knowledge needed to practise safely and effectively throughout their career. To ensure this, we oversee a mandatory CET scheme.

CET is a statutory requirement for all fully-qualified optometrists and dispensing opticians. The CET scheme is a points-based scheme that runs over a three-year cycle. All full registrants must earn a minimum number of CET points by the end of each cycle to stay on the registers.

Registrants can manage their CET portfolio, and maintain a record of their completed CET points, at the dedicated CET website, www.cetoptics.com. The website is run by Vantage Technologies, who administer the CET Scheme on behalf of the GOC.

How the scheme works
The current CET cycle runs from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009. Full registrants need to earn and confirm the required number of CET points by 31 December 2009 to be eligible to renew their registration in 2010. Registrants have to earn their points by completing CET. CET is available through a variety of modalities to suit the individuals needs and learning styles.Once the points are earned the registrant must then confirm them on the cetoptics website.

Further information can be obtained on how the scheme works by downloading the principles and requirements document and also by visiting the cetoptics website. 

Principles and requirements of the CET scheme.
CET Principles and Requirements