... duties, within a time perspective corresponding to the validity period of the medical certificate. be able to individualize the safety risk assessment relating to workers with medical conditions, and ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND The doctor’s role in medical selection is different from the role in the usual way doctors handle their customers. The below table gives an impression on how different such work is. ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND Military navy Working on naval vessels differs a lot from working on merchant ships. Naval ships cannot change flag like a merchant ship, unless they are decommissioned and sold ...
... out of work at sea. One obvious example is a HIV-test. It simply can tell little or nothing regarding working capacity or likelihood for medical incidents in the validity period. Used this way, this is ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND A seafarer must hold a valid medical certificate to be able to work on board a ship. Losing the medical certificate means that the seafarer cannot make use of his Certificate of Competence ...
... who are refused a medical certificate or have had a limitation imposed on their ability to work. This appeal’s instance could be another independent medical practitioner, an independent medical referee, ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND Building a system of evidence-based medical selection, requires a structured approach to the assessment of fitness for work and risk related to reduced function or acute failure due ...
... Low: recurrence rate 2–5 per cent per year; Moderate: recurrence rate 5–20 per cent per year The group ‘moderate’ may be valid for a clinical purpose. In relation to safety risk at work, we probably ...
... all share common objectives like safety for ship and crew, they vary in the emphasis they put on other aspects, like rights to work, safety of operation, loss prevention, flag reputation etc. The drivers ...
... candidate cannot carry out his job tasks; therefore, he is, per definition, fit for work. Most of the PEME schemes focus on negative selection, less on positive selection. The detailed list of medical ...
... work Relevant cut-off points are lacking in published scientific articles considering tests used for screening for working ability. The approved doctor faces quite a challenge when trying to substantiate ...
... ability to work, to see and to hear, came earlier in the military navies than in the merchant navy. Already during the 17th century, one can find traces of such requirements in naval history[3]. In the ...
... considering ability to work rather than taking care of the individual sailor’s health. In this chapter, we will look at some of the general principles that apply to medical selection, rather than looking ...