LGV/PSV/Licensing/Fork-lift Truck Driver Medicals
DVLA regulations state that group two and three licence holders need to undergo a fitness check due to the potentially more serious consequences of an accident. DVLA guidelines on frequency of assessment are as follows:
- On application for the licence
- Pre-employment
- On renewal of the licence
- At the age of 45, and every five years thereafter
Fork-lift truck drivers’ fitness requirements include good eyesight, adequate hearing and reasonable head and neck mobility.
Category two and three medicals screen for the following conditions:
- Epilepsy and other neurological conditions
- Diabetes
- Psychiatric illness
- Cardiovascular disease
- Blood pressure
- Musculoskeletal disease which may interfere with vehicle control
Key services
- Sickness Absence Medicals/Management Referrals
- Pre-employment Questionnaires / Medicals
- Health Surveillance / Statutory Medicals (Nurse On Site)
- Lung Function (Spirometry) & Hearing (Audiometry) Tests
- LGV/PSV/Licensing/Fork-lift Truck Driver Medicals
- Night Worker Assessment
- Hand and Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
- Food Handler Medicals
- Skin Surveillance
- Lone Worker And Confined Space Medicals
- Working At Heights Medicals
- Personal Track Safety Or Other Industry Standards
- HSE Approved Medicals
- Executive Health Screening
- Ill Health Retirement Medicals
- Drug and Alcohol Testing (Pre-employment)
- Workplace Risk Assessment
- Pregnancy And Workstation (DSE) Risk Assessment
- Flu And Travel Vaccinations
- Stress Management, Counselling and Auditing
- Physiotherapy
Client testimonials
The service provision has been extremely helpful, and resulted in our sickness absence rates decreasing by 50 per cent. I feel that both the organisation and our employees benefit from their proactive service provision.
- Marie Kelly, HR officer, Cheshire Peaks and Plains Housing Trust