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Cadetship and contact lenses/Glases

  • 28-11-2008 7:36pm
    #1
    GA361
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    Is it possible to join the cadets if you have cantact lenses(corrected to better than 20/20 vision)?


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  • #2
    Hard Larry
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    GA361 wrote: »
    Is it possible to join the cadets if you have cantact lenses(corrected to better than 20/20 vision)?

    Yep.


  • #3
    GA361
    Closed Accounts Posts: 609 ✭✭✭GA361


    Thanks.But are they more likely to refuse you because of this?


  • #4
    concussion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭concussion


    It depends on how bad your eyesight is. The DF has three grades - with a grade 3 you can enlist for general service but cannot apply for a cadetship. I'm a border line grade 3 and I'm -3.00 and -3.75. (including this because I have no idea what I am as xx/xx)

    For army/navy cadetship you need the following
    b. Vision:
    Eyesight must be surgically untreated and colour vision must be normal. Both eyes must be free from disfiguring or incapacitating abnormality and free from acute or chronic disease.
    There must be no evidence of squint or latent squint. Applicants who have had previous incisional or laser treatment to correct visual acuity are excluded from eligibility.

    Army
    Vision must be not less than 6/18 in each eye, corrected to not less than 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in the other.

    Naval Service
    Operations Branch:
    Vision must be uncorrected and not less than 6/9 in one eye and not less than 6/12 in the other eye with normal night vision.

    Engineering Branch:
    Not less than 6/18 in each eye, corrected to not less than 6/6 in one eye and 6/9 in the
    other.

    From the Cadetship Competition 2008 Handbook
    http://www.military.ie/careers/booklets/CadetBook2008Eng.pdf


  • #5
    testicle
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    GA361 wrote: »
    Is it possible to join the cadets if you have cantact lenses(corrected to better than 20/20 vision)?

    It depends what it is uncorrected.


  • #6
    Tribunius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭Tribunius


    6/18 is 20/60.

    Not sure what that would be in a prescription but I'd say around -1. Talk to you optician to find out for sure.


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  • #7
    Hard Larry
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    My perscription is -6.50, I've checked out the regulation before its something like -8/-9 for the Army won't be able to check til Monday but I've seen plenty of Officers wearing specs after commission so it can't be that big of a deal.


  • #8
    testicle
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    Hard Larry wrote: »
    My perscription is -6.50, I've checked out the regulation before its something like -8/-9 for the Army won't be able to check til Monday but I've seen plenty of Officers wearing specs after commission so it can't be that big of a deal.

    There is no corelation between the 6/x number and a prescription number.


  • #9
    Tribunius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 94 ✭✭Tribunius


    Hard Larry wrote: »
    My perscription is -6.50, I've checked out the regulation before its something like -8/-9 for the Army won't be able to check til Monday but I've seen plenty of Officers wearing specs after commission so it can't be that big of a deal.

    Those officers more than likely need those glasses for reading. There is no problem wearing glasses for reading (long sighted)its distance sight (short sighted)thats the problem.


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