eyesight testing

[porterjk]

Hiya all, hope some-one out there can help, I've just done my tests and awaiting a date for medical, but my eye-sight sucks, does anyone know what the minimum standard is?? I don't wanna end up looking like !! Thanks, Jessica

[SeaCat]

From what I can remember as long as you do not have a forum of colour blindness, you just have to wear glasses. Unless its changed?

[porterjk]

Thanks, I passed anyway, god knows how so I guess it's not changed.
Just awaiting clearance now......

[HywelThomas]

are contact lenses ok or not?

[Sticky Blue]

If you fail the eyesight test you don't get in. If you choose to wear contact lenses that should be upto you. I know guys in the band who wear them but our eyesight standaeds are different to the GD side of things.

[CrouchmasterT]

Ive got my medical in a weeks time and it says if u wear glasses u gota take em wiv u and a prescription but ucant wear contacts for at least ten days befoe the medical

[porterjk]

I was told not to wear my contacts for just 2 days prior to test. wore my glasses in test and the doc didn't test without as I told him I was a blind little bat. Still passed for a tiff though.

[pomplemous]

See when clever grl here got a pair of glasses? I had never had an eye test before and she said - read the letters on the wall. I askd, what, even if I screw up my eyes? she said, whatever. So I did and I got new glasses which I discovered were the same strength as my eyes were already - so I still had to screw up my eyes! dimmy! so eventually I dismantled them to retrieve the screws to fix my clarinet.

and I have never bothered with glasses since - but I can see fine!

[pomplemous]

*bump crash*

[Tab]

Reading some of these threads I can't help but wonder when the first blind person applies to join the Forces under the equal opportunities act.

[Ex-URNU-Student]

Do you speccys have to take your glasses off for the swimming pool tests? How do you see your way round without them? Isnt everything a big blur?

[liverpoolirish]

Contacts are okay.

There is a minimum uncorrected vision, but it's pretty bad ISTR. The right eye has a higher requirement (rifle shooting eye, I don't understand why, I shoot with the glasses on)

Yes, I took them off for the military swim test.

Bryn