Occupational Medical Services

MedOccs has a team of dedicated Occupational Health personnel. The occupational medicine team is headed by a Specialist in Occupational Medicine (holding the MMed (Occupational Medicine) degree). The rest of the team involves medical practitioners who hold a minimum of a two-year postgraduate diploma in Occupational Medicine and Occupational Health Nursing practitioners.

Services include:

  • Performing complex and specialized Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA), with the provision of a formal risk assessment report.
  • Guiding of Industrial Hygienists in terms of specific health risks and the assessment thereof
  • Development of medical surveillance programmes for employees
  • Performing health and safety audits, including legal compliance audits
  • Performing on-site medical examinations of employees, including entry, periodical, screening and exit medicals
  • Disability and incapacity management
  • Evaluation and management of sickness absence
  • Development and implementation of various health and safety programmes, e.g. substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and other communicable diseases, Employee Assistance Programmes, etc.

Offshore Worker Services:

  • UK Oil and Gas Operators Association (OGUK/ UKOOA)
  • South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)