OCTH 616: Ergonomics, Work Assessment, & Work Hardening

Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE).

An objective assessment of an individual's goals, work capacity, disability status, and physical compatibility to perform work-related activity.

Job Demands Analysis (JDA).

This is a systematic assessment of the worksite, including specific details about the aspects of the work role.

Vocational evaluation.

This is considered to be a comprehensive process that uses work, real or simulated, for vocational assessment to assist individuals in their development.

Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE).

Reliability and validity are important characteristics of what type of work evaluation?

Specific Vocational Evaluation.

Your client is a carpenter and was injured on the job. After receiving medical care and recovering, what type of vocational evaluation would be most appropriate?

General Vocational Evaluation.

You receive a client that was injured in an auto accident. They worked construction prior to the accident. They have a C8 SCI. They want to return to work. What type of vocational evaluation would be most appropriate?

False.

A JDA involves evaluation of work practice and risk for injury.

True or False?

Work hardening.

This approach attempts to get the patient back to work at either full or modified duty by implementing a multidisciplinary approach lasting 4 to 8 weeks.

Work conditioning.

This approach is more specific to physical conditioning and involves aerobic, strength, flexibility, coordination, and endurance exercises.

False.

A JDA is performed after a worksite evaluation.

True or False?

True.

A worksite evaluation is performed after a JDA.

True or False?

Contact the client's employer to gather information.

What is the 1st step in the worksite evaluation?

Assess the work environment.

What is the final step in the worksite evaluation?

True.

Worksite evaluations are a part of the Job Demands Analysis (JDA).

True or False?

Anthropometry.

The study of people in terms of their physical dimensions.

a. Above elbow height.

For precision work, the work surface should be:

a. Above elbow height.

b. Just below elbow height.

c. 4" to 6" below elbow height.

d. 6" to 7" below elbow height.

b. Just below elbow height.

For light work, the work surface should be:

a. Above elbow height.

b. Just below elbow height.

c. 4" to 6" below elbow height.

d. 6" to 7" below elbow height.

c. 4" to 6" below elbow height.

For heavy work, the work surface should be:

a. Above elbow height.

b. Just below elbow height.

c. 4" to 6" below elbow height.

d. 6" to 7" below elbow height.

f. Hot temperatures.

All of the following are ergonomic risk factors, except:

a. Excessive force.

b. Repetition.

c. Awkward posture.

d. Cold temperatures.

e. Contact stress.

f. Hot temperatures.

g. Excessive vibration.

CARF.

Work hardening standards were developed in 1989 by:

2002.

OSHA was founded in:

b. Vocational counselors.

(think Leela from Futurama)

Which of the following service providers are state-run?

a. Safety/ risk engineers.

b. Vocational counselors.

c. Insurance case managers.

d. Occupational health nurses.

b. Work conditioning.

Which of the following is typically done during the acute phase of recovery?

a. Work hardening.

b. Work conditioning.

c. Job analysis.

d. FCE.

4 to 6 hours.

An FCE can typically take up to ________ hours to finish.

FCE.

The Bennett Hand Tool Test, MRMT, Purdue Pegboard, Valpar Work samples, or BTE box are examples of standardized assessments used by which vocational evaluation method?