Optometry Australia will be holding a CPR refresher course for members. AHPRA requires that optometrists renew their CPR certificate every three years. This course provides the skills and knowledge required to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in line with Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines.
CPR Refresher Course Details
Date: Tuesday 20 October 2026
Time: Group 1 – 6.30pm to 7:30pm, Group 2 – 7.30pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Optometry Australia, 1st Floor, 28 Drummond St, Carlton 3053
Cost: $75 for members
Registration close on 13th October 2026 at 5:00pm AEDT.
For further enquiries contact 1800 678 662 or register to the right.
Obtaining a USI
If you do not already have a USI, (check your member portal to see if we have your USI on file). We suggest that you acquire your USI, following the steps below and send it to us at office.vicsa@optometry.org.au. We would then store it in our secure database, ready for any training you are taking with us. You will continue to use your USI for any future nationally recognised training you undertake.
The Australian Government introduced the Unique Student Identifier (USI). From 1st January 2015, students undertaking nationally recognised training need to provide their USI to their registered training provider before they can receive their training records and result. As a Registered Training Organisation, our CPR Training Provider is obligated to collect this data prior to issuing a certificate.
Step 1: Go to http://usi.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx
Step 2: Select Create your USI from the front page
Step 3: Have any of the following available: * Driver’s Licence * Medicare Card * Australian Passport * Visa (with Non-Australian Passport) for international students * Birth Certificate (Australian) *please note a Birth Certificate extract is not sufficient * Certificate Of Registration By Descent * Citizenship Certificate * ImmiCard
Step 4: Provide the requested information as it is shown in your chosen form of identification.
Step 5: Save your USI as you will need this in the future.