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Paul - you are right i probably did mean health screening. James and Noushin - thanks fro your input. At Essex Council we already do hearing tests on this group but we are debating whether hearing tests or something like a whisper test would be more useful. It seems that we have different advice about this and wondered what other council OH department did. Therona On 2/14/07, N. Rostami <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I would think that adequate vision and hearing are paramount and also a > full > respiratory risk-assessment in case of long-term lung diseases that may > be > exacerbated by extreme environmental temperature. How about any conditions > that may give rise to vertigo, dizziness or faint. This may even link to > Diabetes, epilepsy! If so , are they stable? > Also, any musculo-skeletal disorders that may be affected by prolonged > standing or again by cold temperature (i.e. Rheumatic joint pains). > Furthermore, the job involves (however minor it may be) an element of the > supervision of children, therefore psychological assessment can also be > relevant. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please remove this footer before replying. > > For list archives and documents, go to > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net > > Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at > http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/ > -- Therona Goldsmith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/