The National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers aims to ensure the national rail system is safe and to help rail workers maintain sound health and fitness. It also aims to ensure health assessment standards are consistent across the rail industry.

Rail safety work can involve complex tasks requiring perception, good judgement, responsiveness and sound physical capability. A range of medical conditions, as well as treatments, may therefore impair fitness to work.                    

The system of health assessments for rail safety workers aims to ensure that you can continue to conduct your work safely. It also aims to ensure early identification and management of health conditions that might impact on your work if left untreated.

Rail safety worker health assessments ensure that appropriate management can be initiated at an early stage to help support your continuing long term employment. Importantly, they also mean that health assessments are conducted in a way that protects your privacy and provides for equal opportunity.

Operators have a responsibility to minimise risks and protect the safety of the public, rail safety workers, their fellow workers, and the environment.

• at the time of commencement, then:
• every 5 years to age 50, then
• every 2 years to age 60, then
• every year

• at the time of commencement, then
• at 40 years of age, then
• every 5 years

Occuhealth's rail health assessments are performed by an Authorised Health Professional (AHP) under the Rail National Accreditation Scheme. For more information, or to book a medical, contact us on: