Elements and Performance Criteria
- Conduct workplace and job analyses
- Consult workplace supervisor to obtain access to the workplace and information on work demands and duties.
- Assess injured worker’s capacity to perform tasks in accordance with current physical ability and medical certification.
- Assess workplace environment in relation to the injured worker’s capacity and obtain expert advice if required.
- Gather information regarding the operation of the workplace.
- Conduct a risk assessment of the work site in relation to the injured worker including the potential for exacerbating the injury or further injury.
- Negotiate work duties
- Liaise with the employer and other parties to identify suitable duties, alternative duties or job redesign and a staged return to normal duties whenever necessary.
- Analyse alternative duties if necessary and make recommendations.
- Assess the need for modifications to the workplace or the use of adaptive equipment and make recommendations.
- Apply results of workplace assessment to the return to work process, taking into account long-term and short-term needs of the injured worker.
- Obtain offers of suitable duties in writing.
- Conduct workplace and job analyses
- Consult workplace supervisor to obtain access to the workplace and information on work demands and duties.
- Assess injured worker’s capacity to perform tasks in accordance with current physical ability and medical certification.
- Assess workplace environment in relation to the injured worker’s capacity and obtain expert advice if required.
- Gather information regarding the operation of the workplace.
- Conduct a risk assessment of the work site in relation to the injured worker including the potential for exacerbating the injury or further injury.
- Negotiate work duties
- Liaise with the employer and other parties to identify suitable duties, alternative duties or job redesign and a staged return to normal duties whenever necessary.
- Analyse alternative duties if necessary and make recommendations.
- Assess the need for modifications to the workplace or the use of adaptive equipment and make recommendations.
- Apply results of workplace assessment to the return to work process, taking into account long-term and short-term needs of the injured worker.
- Obtain offers of suitable duties in writing.