Job-specific fitness for work assessments covering musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and functional capacity. For safety-critical and manual handling roles across Australian industry.
Overview
Fitness for work assessments go beyond general health — they evaluate a candidate's capacity to safely perform the specific physical demands of a role. Where a standard medical checks general health status, a fitness for work assessment maps the candidate's physical capabilities against the documented requirements of the job. This distinction matters: a candidate who is in good general health may still not be fit for a role involving heavy manual handling, sustained postures, or significant cardiovascular demand.
Assessment domains vary by role but typically include musculoskeletal function (strength, flexibility, joint health, manual handling capacity), cardiovascular fitness (for roles with significant aerobic demand), cognitive function (for safety-critical roles), and functional movement screening (specific movement patterns required by the job). Mining and construction roles frequently require comprehensive fitness for work assessments as part of both pre-placement and periodic review programmes.
Under the model Work Health and Safety Act, employers have a duty to ensure that workers are not placed in roles that exceed their physical capacity where this creates a risk of injury. A documented fitness for work assessment — conducted by a qualified occupational health practitioner — provides evidence that the employer has fulfilled this duty. Refchecks coordinates assessments through occupational health clinics experienced in mining, construction, transport, and manual handling role requirements.
What's Included
Assessments are matched to the physical demands of the role. Functional criteria — lifting capacity, reach, posture tolerance — are drawn from the job requirements.
Musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, cognitive, and functional movement domains assessed as required. Audiometry, spirometry, and vision available as add-ons.
Provides documented evidence of duty of care compliance under the model WHS Act. Practitioner reports include fit/unfit determination with functional restrictions noted.
Occupational health clinics with experience in mining, construction, and industrial assessments across all Australian states and territories.
Set periodic review schedules for roles with ongoing fitness requirements. Dashboard alerts when reassessments are due.
Process
Provide the physical demands of the role. Refchecks maps these to the appropriate assessment components and selects a suitable clinic.
The candidate attends an occupational health clinic for the job-specific assessment. The practitioner evaluates functional capacity against the role criteria.
Fit/unfit determination delivered to your dashboard with any functional restrictions noted. Records stored for WHS compliance.
Turnaround & Pricing
Turnaround Time
24–48 hours after appointment
Included in all plans
From $49/month
Clinic fees apply per assessment. Platform coordination and compliance tracking included.
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