Newfoundland Vision Services Inc. (NVS) is a not for profit corporation which is wholly owned by the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Optometrists. NVS provides safety eye wear to industrial employers in Newfoundland and Labrador who enter into an arrangement with the corporation.
How it Works
Employees receive an order form from their employers which they take to an NLAO member of their choice. Eye examinations are performed by Optometrists who in turn prescribe safety eye wear and send the order off to Aearo Canada of Mississauga, Ontario. Aearo forwards the eye wear to the Optometrist who in turn dispenses it to the patient/employee.
Aearo Canada invoices NVS for the eye wear and NVS in turn invoices the participating employers. Upon receipt of payment from the employer NVS pays Optometrists the amount owing them for fitting fees and pays Aearo Canada for the cost of the eye wear.
The arrangement between NVS and the employers includes an agreed rate for fitting fees and a price list for eye wear.
Participating Employers
The following companies have entered into arrangements with NVS to provide safety eye wear for their employees:
Beaver Brook Antimony Mine
Canship Ugland Ltd.
Chevron Canada
Department of Transportation and Works
Haliburton Energy Services
Husky Energy
NALCOR Energy (formerly N & L Hydro)
North Atlantic Refining Ltd. (NARL)
Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corp.
SNC Lavalin
Teck Duck Pond Operations
Town of Grand Falls-Windsor
Town of Springdale
VAM Canada Inc.
Weatherford Canada
IMTT-NTL Ltd.
(a transhipment business at Whiffen Head in Arnold's Cove)
Occupational Prescription Safety Eye Wear Brochure - Inside Panel (Pdf format)
Occupational Prescription Safety Eye Wear Brochure - Outside Panel (Pdf format)