A health, safe and comfortable workplace enhances an employee’s job satisfaction and efficiency.

An Ergonomic Assessment is a proactive mechanism to identify physical and/or organizational issues of a specific job and determine recommendations for reducing or eliminating risk factors. Focus Workplace Ltd.’s Ergonomic Assessments involve calculating risks to your employees in their work environment and identifying and suggesting direction for change. When combined with a Physical Demands Analysis, an Ergonomic Assessment provides you with a full understanding of the degree of risk in your workplace as well as the information on how to control and limit risk levels in order to minimize injuries, illness and accidents.

The benefits of Ergonomic Assessments are clear:

• Provide practical solutions to improve productivity, optimize performance and prevent   workplace injuries
• Reduce employer costs through decreased absenteeism, lost time injuries and WSIB   rates
• Improve employee retention, resulting in reduced training costs

Utilizing a variety of the latest methods, the highly skilled Ergonomists (Kinesiologists) of Focus Workplace Ltd. provide timely, comprehensive reports to help you find the most cost effective solutions for your business.

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A Functional Abilities Evaluation (FAE) is an objective measure to determine an individual’s capacity and ability. Focus Workplace Ltd.’s highly skilled Ergonomists utilize a systematic approach to assess flexibility, strength. coordination, cardiovascular condition and body mechanics. Our methods ensure effective evaluations which determine whether there is a match between an employee’s functional ability and the physical demands of the job.

Focus Workplace Ltd. offers 2 types of Functional Ability Evaluations:

Baseline - an objective assessment of an employee’s abilities to perform a variety of tasks related to the work environment.

Job Specific - an evaluation of an employee’s abilities to function within the parameters of a specific job as based on the critical demands outlined in a Physical Demands Analysis. This FAE includes work simulation activities as an integral part of the evaluation. For an example of a Job Specific FAE, please click here.

Our comprehensive evaluations establish the physical level of work your employee can perform and is useful in determining job placement as well as in the Return to Work process after injury or illness.

Contact Focus Workplace Ltd. to find out more about FAE’s and your business!

A Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) examines the physical factors and demands of a job and details all the components of that job. Each assessment is based on objective and measurable information about a specific job’s requirements. On site analyses are conducted by fully trained, certified Ergonomists and enable both the employers and workers to better understand the physical components and risk factors associated with their positions.

An effective Physical Demands Analysis can:

• Create or update accurate job descriptions
• Establish a screening system for new hires to ensure safety and improve productivity
• Identify issues and potential problems in an existing job or before a new design/system   is implemented
• Assist health professionals by providing a standard of comparison when used in   conjunction with a Functional Abilities Evaluation
• Assist with claims management and facilitate the Return to Work process for an injured   employee

A Physical Demands Analysis is often completed prior to a Functional Abilities Evaluation or the implementation of a Return to Work program to provide a baseline measurement of the target demands for an employee. A Focus Workplace Ltd. PDA offers a better understanding of the physical requirements of a job and results in clearer pathways to help prevent or reduce the incidence of on-the-job injury.

Comprehensive Occupational Health Programs – in everyone’s best interests. Contact Focus Workplace Ltd. to find out more.

A physician’s recommendations for a Return to Work Program often include Job Shadowing by a Kinesiologist / Ergonomist. Focus Workplace Ltd. has fully qualified Kinesiologists / Ergonomists, trained as Work Capacity Evaluators, on staff to perform this function when necessary.

The goal of the Kinesiologist / Ergonomist is to liaise between the employee and the physician, ensuring compliance with the physician’s recommendations, as well as to educate and assist the employee to gradually increase daily activities. After the initial assessment, the Kinesiologist / Ergonomist monitors the employee at the job site on a weekly basis, reporting on the increasing pattern of demands as prescribed.