Physical Demands Analysis

Latest Physical Demands Analysis Articles

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  Drug Testing

  Fitness-to-Work & The Future of Drug Testing

  Clearly, how employers establish a drug-free workplace is in a state of flux. For example, in a 2022 survey of drug testing providers conducted by the Current Consulting...

  By: Workplace Testing Staff

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  Fit for Work Testing

  When Should Your Company Conduct Fit-for-work Testing?

  Fit-for-work testing can be used to identify whether a worker is likely to be able to carry out a job role whilst also meeting health and safety requirements. Also...

  By: Elly McGuinness

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  Physical Demands Analysis

  Physical Demands Analysis 101

  A physical demands analysis (PDA) determines what physical requirements a person needs in order to perform a particular job. PDA is interchangeable with functional...

  By: Andrew Scuoler

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  Ergonomics

  An In-Depth Look at Workstation Analysis

  According to the U.S. Department of Labour, musculoskeletal disorders accounted for 32 percent of days-away-from-work cases in 2017. They are also the leading cause of...

  By: Jennifer Crump

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  Ergonomics

  5 Tips for Creating Ergonomic Workstations for Employees

  Ergonomics is essentially “fitting the job to the worker” instead of “fitting the worker to the job.”In practice, this means setting up the work...

  By: Corinna Cornejo

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  Wellness

  Office Desks: Sitting vs. Standing

  Much has been said about the advantages of standing rather than sitting at your desk while you work. You may have even heard that “sitting is the new smoking...

  By: Brad Hestbak

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  Fit for Work Testing

  How to Set Up a Fit-for-Work Testing Program

  In today’s working environment, there are many job tasks in which the health of a worker could have an impact on the safety of the task being conducted...

  By: Kurina Baksh

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  Wellness

  The Negative Health Implications of Sitting All Day And What To Do About It

  There are many factors that contribute towards having a healthy body. These include what we eat, how we move, how well we rest and manage stress, and how we think, to...

  By: Elly McGuinness

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  Fit for Work Testing

  Fit-for-Work Testing 101: An Employer's Introduction to Fit-for-Work Testing

  Fit-to-Work Testing is a workplace testing program used to determine whether a worker can safely complete the tasks and duties required by a particular job. Depending on...

  By: Corinna Cornejo

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  Ergonomics

  Introduction to Ergonomic Assessments of Employee Lifting

  There are many jobs that are physically demanding and where workers must lift objects of various weights throughout the day. This may cause stress to the musculoskeletal...

  By: Amelia Joseph