Pre Employment Health Screening

It is very important for companies to ensure that a new person being recruited is fit for a role and that working in the role will not be detrimental to their health.

In addition it will be important to you that you know a person’s health status in relation to such things as hearing if they are going to be working in a noisy environment to ensure that you are not blamed for deterioration in health that has actually happened previously.

For most work roles a basic health screening questionnaire is adequate to help determine whether:-

• The job is likely to adversely affect the individual’s health.
• The job is within the individual’s physical and mental capabilities.
• If the individual is fit for the job and the demands it may put upon the individual
• By doing the job the individual would be a risk to themselves and/or others.
• The prospective employer needs to be aware of any reasonable adjustments necessary to avoid the individual being placed at a disadvantage.

In addition if the person is working within a role that will require health surveillance, such as:

• Lung function tests
• Skin inspection
• Hearing Tests (Audiometry)
• Hand Arm Vibration Assessments
• Night Worker Assessments
• Biological monitoring

Then these tests should be carried out prior to employment commencing, to protect both employer and employee

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