FIVE staff at a Darlington opticians have passed the first part of an intensive training course.
Lyndsay Wright, Joanne Leith, Abigail Elwell, Yvonne Pattinson and Nicola Hall, who work at Specsavers Opticians, in Darlington, are taking a 12-month dispensing assistant course.
They are studying towards the qualification, while fitting in homework around their full time jobs at the High Row store.
The Darlington store is keen to ensure staff can access the best training and are able to improve while at Specsavers.
Laura Drury has just started a three-year course to train as a dispensing optician and James Temple completed a dispensing assistant qualification last year.
The new trainees will take their exams in June.
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