Eye Test Procedure

Information for Tendring District Council employees regarding eye tests

Tendring District Council (TDC) will upon request from an employee/member/apprentice who is a Display Screen Equipment (DSE) user, provide a voucher for the cost of an eyesight test. The current nominated opticians are Specsavers.  

Health and Safety request that the user book in for their eye test first, at a time convenient to the them, but arranged to minimise disruption to the working day and then contact healthandsafety@tendringdc.gov.uk who will send you a voucher once the date of the appointment has been confirmed. This is to ensure that any vouchers issued are not wasted, saving the council money.

If the employee is informed by the optician that they require glasses for DSE work only, then TDC will contribute towards the cost of these.  Current arrangements with the nominated optician are that the cost of any frames from their £50 range will be paid for in full.  Any cost of upgrades would be the responsibility of the employee.  The nominated optician is also currently offering a £20 discount from their £99 range or above.

TDC will not pay for contact lenses or for glasses which are required for any reason other than specifically DSE work.

DSE users are entitled to regular re-tests (usually every two years) which will also be funded by TDC through the voucher scheme.

Vouchers cannot be redeemed retrospectively or be provided towards any other opticians.