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Hi Jane Difficult to answer categorically. There are plenty of people out there with monocular vision who manage fine - particularly those born like it. Those who lose vision in one eye later in life often find it more difficult to adjust. The problem is that while in the UK (and hopefully Europe and the US, although one can never be sure) he is protected by a raft of legislation. Some UK and US employers apply this legislation and their policies that fall out of it to their operations in other parts of the world where legislation is less robust. Many of the big oil, gas and mining companies do this. You work on one of their plants in Nigeria or China and as much as possible, the policies and procedures to which you work are the same as in the home country. However others are more inclined to follow local laws and customs. This can be a good thing for your employee or a bad thing. He could well be employed without any questions being asked and manage fine. He could also be turned down for no justifiable reason and have no means of challenge. Ironically, the places who may turn him down will probably be the safest and those where he can find work easily may be those he should avoid. He is probably best off contacting the companies he wants to work for before he leaves and asking the question of their HR or OH departments. However, the most important thing for him to do is take responsibility for managing his own health and safety and looking after the vision he has left. Even if he does decide to work in a quarry in some far off part of the world that is a bit lax about safety specs and regard that sort of stuff for sissies, he needs to wear them - and make sure he has his own supply if necessary. Thanks Lindsey From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Philippou, Jane Sent: 20 January 2014 11:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] FW: RE: Acquired Monocular Vision Hi I have been asked by a Mining Engineer student if his acquired monocular vision will affect his future employment in other countries. He states: "I lost the vision in April 2012 I am currently in the process of quantifying any losses. I have spoken to a few lecturers at Uni about whether they think it could affect my employability. I am basically just putting the feelers out to determine whether there is likely to be a problem or not. I need to get a general feeling on the situation and as I am looking to travel with my work I need to try and find out as much as I can about a multitude of countries." In my opinion it should not affect his employability in the UK but I'm not sure re other countries and I was hoping that someone would be able to give me some information or advice. This individual is coping fine with day to day activities, driving and he felt fine when he was working in a quarry during the summer holidays. I would appreciate advice please. Thank you. Kind Regards Jane Jane Philippou Occupational Health Manager British Gypsum Office: +44 (0)115 945 1118 Fax: +44 (0)115 945 1144 Mobile: +44 (0)7870393825 www.saint-gobain.com <http://www.saint-gobain.com> BPB United Kingdom Limited trading as British Gypsum, registered in England, Company Number 734396. Registered Office Saint-Gobain House, Binley Business Park, Coventry, CV3 2TT. The information transmitted including any attachments is intended only for the exclusive use of the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and privileged material that may be subject to legal privilege. Any perusal, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the sender's prior consent is unauthorised and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer without making any copies. Any personal views and opinions expressed in this e-mail message are the sender's own and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the Company. ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH