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Soldiers are accepted with a minimum corrected visual acuity between 6/6 and 6/12 depending on the regiment
or corps, in the right eye, and 6/36 in the left eye. Driving grades require vision in the left eye to be correctable
to 6/12, and certain safety critical trades require vision to 6/6 bilaterally with spectacles.

Myopia exceeding 7 dioptres in any meridian in either eye or hypermetropia exceeding 8 dioptres precludes
acceptance even if vision is correctable to the required standard.

sportbilly42 wrote:You will need to be able to read 6mm print from a distance of 6 metres, aided with spectacles if necessary. You will also be tested for colour blindness. If you are deuteropic or propanopic (the two most common forms of colour blindness) you will not be recruited as an electrician.

Soldiers are accepted with a minimum corrected visual acuity between 6/6 and 6/12 depending on the regiment
or corps, in the right eye, and 6/36 in the left eye. Driving grades require vision in the left eye to be correctable
to 6/12, and certain safety critical trades require vision to 6/6 bilaterally with spectacles.

Myopia exceeding 7 dioptres in any meridian in either eye or hypermetropia exceeding 8 dioptres precludes
acceptance even if vision is correctable to the required standard.