Medical Transcription Assessment for Offshore Jobs
Feb 3rd, 2009 | By Oil and Gas | Category: Oil and Gas Jobs
Prior being employed for the offshore jobs, you shall undergo and pass medical assessment or offshore medical transcription . This offshore medical transcription / assessment usually refer to a certain standard such as UKOOA guideline that more stringent compare with working on normal environment.
Offshore Jobs safety Critical Roles:
A safety critical role is defined as one where employee’s fitness to work, may affect the health and safety of themselves and / or others in their work area.
Objectives of the Offshore Jobs medical assessment or medical transcription:
Offshore jobs or other oilfield workplace usually exists in remote and potentially hostile environments, which may be isolated from qualified medical assistance. Adverse weather may cause long delays in a medical evacuation and may exacerbate a minor medical problem.
In the offshore jobs medical fitness assessment and medical transcription, appointed Examining Physician is responsible for carefully assessing the physical and mental health of the candidate of offshore jobs workers, with particular regard to the unique nature of the offshore jobs or other oil and gas production workplace to ensure:
- Offshore jobs workers are medically fit to work at an isolated and remote work location.
- To anticipate and, where possible, prevent the avoidable occurrence of ill-health in the offshore jobs environment or other oilfield workplace which could place the individual, their colleagues and the emergency rescue services, at undue risk.
- To provide general occupational health surveillance for offshore jobs worker.
- To screen offshore jobs candidate that has critical illness history such HIV, AIDS, colorblind, drug abuse, etc.
- Offshore Medical Assessment and medical transcription are conducted in accordance with recognized occupational standard such as UKOOA.
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