Vision assessments
Vision screening
A comprehensive screening programme gives you a clear overview of your team's vision and flags anyone who needs a full eyesight test, so corrective action can be taken early.
Comprehensive screening tests
Better sight, safer work
Substandard vision need not hold back most otherwise healthy people. With professional eye care obtained in good time, adequate vision can be maintained, which is why vision screening plays such an important role in industry.
Using validated vision tests, we check far more than visual acuity alone, identifying anyone with defective vision who needs a full eyesight test.
Benefits of vision screening
What our screening can detect
A single screening session checks far more than how clearly someone can read a chart.
A few examples
Who should be screened?
Screening is worthwhile across a wide range of roles, and is a requirement for some.
- Display screen equipment (DSE) users — a useful first check, though under the Health & Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 these users are also entitled to a full eye and eyesight test on request
- Van drivers
- Fork lift truck drivers
- Company car drivers
- Close inspection workers
- Roles where normal colour vision is desirable or essential
What's involved?
A simple 15-minute check
After completing a short questionnaire, the test is carried out using validated vision tests. Results are discussed with the employee there and then, and a referral to an optician is advised if needed. A full report is sent to the employer.
With the employee’s consent, the employer receives the screening outcome and any recommendation, not the underlying clinical detail. All health information is handled in line with UK GDPR.
Screening is advisable at initial medical assessment and then every two years thereafter.
Health. Training. Wellbeing.
Book vision screening for your team
We can screen your team at Nuffield House or come to your premises, whatever suits you best.