What the service offers:

• Quantifies and prioritises areas of risk using current evidence-based practice.
• Provides recommendations to minimise the risk of injury / re-injury.
• To facilitate the individual’s performance of work tasks.
• Identifies reasonable adjustments, equipment and strategies to enable maintenance at / a safe and sustained return to work.
• A list of recommended equipment and suppliers.

Who is the service for?

• Individuals who remain in employment.
• Individuals requiring specialist advice to ensure that their work tasks and working environment are optimal.
• Individuals and/or organisations requiring strategies, equipment, technology, etc. to facilitate improved work performance.

How is the service delivered?

• An experienced Ergonomics Evaluator visits the workplace (or home-work space).
• Conducts a confidential interview and carries out a brief assessment of the individual’s injury/condition and current health status.
• Evaluates the individual’s job requirements and job set-up.
• Identifies, measures, prioritises and documents risk factors.

The job of the Evaluator

• Structure an evaluation based on the referral questions.
• Use clinical interview techniques and briefly assess the individual’s function for work.
• Observe and measure job functions and demands.
• Deliver findings in a concise report quantifying and prioritising risks and strategies to minimise the risk and facilitate performance of work tasks.

How to refer a case

To arrange an Ergonomic Evaluation, you can instruct us by the contact details below or by completing the Refer a Case form.