Workactive use a series of standardized screening tools and evaluations to gain a better understanding of a worker’s functional capacity for their designated or proposed role.
Workactive uses highly trained Sports Physiotherapists and Accredited Exercise Physiologists, to conduct Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE) either on-site or in our Sydney offices as well as in Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth and across Australia.
A Functional Capacity Evaluation is an assessment containing a series of tests to determine a worker’s physical ability to meet the functional demands associated with their pre-injury role, thus, assisting them with their recovery and or return to work. These evaluations match the worker’s physical abilities to the critical demands of the job requirements that are needed to be met.
These evaluations cover a wide range of tests including but not limited to:
- History
- Current medical concerns
- Discussion of work demands (review of Job Task Analysis if available)
- Medical history reviewed and summarised
- Objective functional testing including lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, kneeling, squatting, gripping, reaching, bending, walking, standing
- Job specific tasks simulated during the assessment
- Outline of current functional abilities demonstrated during the assessment
- Opinion and recommendations on the workers ability to perform the pre-injury duties as outlined in Job Task Analysis / or as reported if task analysis not available