health of workers guided by legal and professional standards.

arranges and conducts specific tests which measure fitness-for-work as they apply to the
workers’ job description. Applies fitness-for-work standards (related to the demands of the job)
during employee health assessment (i.e. pre-placement, pre-transfer, periodic, special, post
illness or injury, termination).

findings of assessment to worker (i.e. implications related to job requirements).

counsels and refers workers with atypical results.

specific job modifications within functional limits.

appropriate personal protective equipment if indicated.

employee groups potentially at risk, based on exposures specific to the work place.

with management, other health professionals and workers in development of programs
and protocols related to worker exposure.

health-monitoring procedures conform to pertinent legislation, for example Occupational
Health and Safety, Human Rights.

health surveillance programs for workers at risk.

implements, evaluates and revises programs which focus on special needs such as hearing
conservation, sight conservation, respiratory.

in an advisory capacity to supervisors and the joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee.








and Maintains confidential health records on individual workers.

principles of epidemiology to the workplace (i.e. cause/effect relationship, collection
of data, analysis of results).

and analyzes data related to worker illness and injury for research purposes.

research findings to support proposals to management.