The Role of Vision and Hearing Tests in Pre-Employment Screenings
Picture this: doctors interpreting critical lab results, electricians managing intricate wiring, or truck drivers navigating busy roads. Now, imagine a bustling construction site or air traffic control center. Workplace safety can be improved in all of these jobs if employees have good vision or hearing. Occupational health testing during pre-employment, like vision and hearing screenings, can help employers keep everyone safe.
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The Role of Vision and Hearing Tests
Including hearing and vision tests in pre-employment screening can be important. Many businesses include these in their hiring process to make the workspace safer and workers more productive.
Relevance of Vision Tests in Different Industries
Many jobs, like those for medical workers, drivers, and machinery operators, need good eyesight. Having good vision can increase employee productivity and lead to a safer and more productive workplace.
The Impact of Hearing Tests on Job Performance
Hearing tests help ensure that potential employees can hear adequately to safely perform the job they were hired for. Businesses often require hearing tests when employees work in a noisy environment that exceeds a specified noise level, and test their employees periodically to ensure their hearing is not worsening.
Implementing Vision and Hearing Tests in Your Hiring Process
With over 5,000 employees fatally injured and over 3.6 million others experiencing job-related injuries or illnesses annually, it's clear that many companies can benefit from a safety and health program. Many workplace safety programs include health screenings before a person is hired, which can help figure out if someone is physically fit enough for the job. Adding hearing and vision tests into your hiring process is a key component of this screening strategy.
Key Steps to Include These Tests
You must follow regulatory compliance when you add hearing screenings and vision tests to your pre-employment health screenings. The Americans with Disabilities Act has strict regulations on what kind of exams and information about candidates an employer can require.
Aligning Tests with Job Requirements
As an employer, you are not allowed to ask medical questions, try to identify a disability, or force your potential employees to take a medical exam. However, if all applicants undergo the same medical exams and must answer the same medical questions, the law allows it. Additionally, you are entitled to ask candidates if they can perform the job they would be hired for.
Advantages of Partnering with Health Street for Occupational Health Testing
Health Street makes it easy to find occupational health screenings all over the country. Our pre-employment health screening can help you make sure a candidate is right for the job. We also offer other employment services, including drug tests and background checks, to help employers thoroughly screen their candidates.
Services Offered by Health Street
Health Street services include specific occupational hearing and vision tests, as well as many other types of occupational health testing. We offer Jaeger, Snellen, Ishihara, and Titmus exams. Each of them tests a different aspect of sight. We also offer audiometric exams to help you identify any potential hearing difficulties of your future or current employees.
Register your company with Health Street today for top-tier hearing and vision testing services.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do employment health screenings improve workplace productivity?
Occupational health screenings can help ensure workers are ready and able to do their jobs. This promotes a healthy work environment, lifts morale, and powers up productivity.
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