How are you structuring the first five days for new opticians on the edger and lensometer so they build good habits early? I’ve had solid results with a 5‑minute daily chuck cleaning on the edger and a Monday zero check on the lensometer, but I’m looking for routines that make maintenance second nature without overwhelming day-one learners.
And i’ve had better results making the “5‑minute chuck clean” a timed open task and doing a 30‑second “lensometer zero” before the first patient every day of week one — , if it’s not on the schedule, it gets skipped. We tape a laminated day‑1–5 checklist on the edger (swarf tray dump on Wed, chuck swap test on Fri) and have trainees initial it so the habit sticks. If Monday’s your only zero, have you seen drift midweek or do your units hold well?
I give each trainee a labeled plano test lens and have them do a 30‑second zero before the first patient, jotting the drift in dry‑erase on the lensometer hood so they see trends and know when to recalibrate — @nashville93 has tracking drift changed your midweek consistency?