In para 3.5.1 Inspection/Test Personnel sub para d states the following: Personnel designated as inspectors whose duties reqruie visual acuity, shall be required to take an eye examination on an annual basis as a minimum. the examination shall be adequate to assure that the individual has natural or corrected near-distance acuity in at least one eye such that the individual is capable of reading a minimum of 8 letters (0.58mm X 0.58mm) at a distance of not less than 30.5 cm on a standard Tom Nearpoint Card. It goes on to give the exact dimensions if you want to set up your own in-house eye chart. Hope that helps --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------