Cleaning and recycling medicals without stopping the shift.
A mobile clinic comes to the depot, site or recovery facility for whole teams, or a worker walks into one of four fixed clinics. Biological and chemical surveillance, hearing and operator fitness in one visit.
A contract cannot start on a lapsed certificate.
Whole teams and new contracts get a mobile clinic at the depot, site or recovery facility. Individual onboarding and exits happen at one of four fixed clinics. The four problems below are the ones cleaning and recycling operators bring us most.
A site is won and the whole team needs a medical before the first shift. From 10 workers on one site, a mobile clinic comes to the depot or site and clears the team in one planned window, weekdays and Saturdays.
Refuse, sanitation and recovery work carries biological and chemical risk. We build the risk-based panel with the surveillance the regulations expect, overseen by an occupational health practitioner, and keep the record audit-ready.
Cleaning and hygiene teams are scattered across sites and shifts. We bring the mobile clinic to a central depot or muster point and clear the team together, weekdays and Saturdays included.
A client or a tender asks for worker fitness and surveillance records. Every Care Net medical lives in My Clinic Online, so the proof is a search away, not a storeroom away.
Need a team cleared this month?
Tell us the headcount and the site. A sales executive replies the same working day with a fixed-price proposal.
Your Medical Surveillance Plan is only as strong as the law behind it.
Most plans are written once, copied often, and quietly go stale while the regulations move on. The Care Net Method is our answer: a maintained, versioned body of South African occupational health law that every Plan is built against, reviewed monthly, and ratified by a registered Occupational Medical Practitioner.
Many Care Net clients qualify for the assessment at no charge. It takes a minute to find out.
Do you qualify for a free assessment?
Two questions. No personal or health information is asked.
Eligibility is confirmed by a sales executive before any waiver is applied.
Built for the way a contract actually runs.
The same SANS-aligned medicals, at the depot for the team or at the clinic for one worker.
Mobile clinics work at the depot, site or recovery facility for whole teams and new contracts. Fixed clinics handle individual onboarding and exits. One partner covers both, one invoice at month end.
Operations
A single new hire or a worker due for a periodic medical can walk into any of our four clinics and leave with the medical done.
Any team sizeFrom 10 workers on one site, a mobile clinic clears a whole team for a new contract in one planned window, weekdays and Saturdays included.
Operations
Our clinics run on inverters and generators. Unless a natural disaster or an unforeseen event closes us, the clinic is open.
Every region
Every medical is captured in My Clinic Online, our POPIA-aware record system, ready for a client audit, a tender, or an inspector.
SHEQ
Fixed clinics, mobile clinics and records under one roof, with clear unit pricing agreed up front. No surprises at month end.
ProcurementBiological. Chemical. Sorted.
Refuse, sanitation and recovery workers get the surveillance the Hazardous Biological Agents Regulations expect, overseen by an occupational health practitioner. Cleaning teams exposed to hazardous chemicals and sanitisers get a risk-based panel matched to the exposure, with vaccination availability supported where reasonably practicable.
Every medical is captured in My Clinic Online, our POPIA-aware record system. Any Care Net certificate can be checked online in seconds, so the depot gate never waits on a paper trail.
Every worker fits one of four categories.
Each category needs a certificate of fitness and a completed risk-based exposure form. We build the right test set for each one.
Limited exposure to dust, noise, or hazardous chemicals.
- Health questionnaire and vitals
- Vision, hearing, lung function
- Urine screening
Work on movable scaffolding or suspended platforms at 1.5 metres and higher.
- Everything in General
- Fitness for height assessed and recorded
- Supports your fall protection plan
Anyone who drives or operates plant: tower cranes, mobile plant, and construction vehicles.
- Everything in General
- Vision and reaction suited to plant
- Substance testing where policy requires
Electrical work on site, often at height and around live current.
- Everything in General
- Colour vision screening for wiring
- Fitness for height and live work
Swipe sideways to see all four categories.
| Test | General | Working at heights | Drivers, machine operators & forklift drivers | Electricians |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline questionnaire (medical and family history) | ||||
| Working at heights questionnaire | – | – | – | |
| Weight | ||||
| Height | ||||
| Blood pressure | ||||
| Urine | ||||
| GlucoseRisk-based medicals only | – | |||
| Audiometry (hearing)SANS 10083 | ||||
| Spirometry (lung function)SATS guideline, ATS and ERS aligned | ||||
| Antibacterial disposable mouthpieceSANS approved, single use | ||||
| Snellen eye test | – | – | ||
| Keystone vision screen | – | – | ||
| Referral check-upAt one of our clinics only | ||||
| Risk-based exposures | ||||
| Risk-based exposure form | ||||
| Review and sign-off | ||||
| Reviewed by OHNP (occupational health nurse practitioner) | ||||
| Reviewed by OMP (occupational medicine practitioner)Reviews all risk-based medicals | – | |||
| Add-ons at additional cost | ||||
| Biological monitoring | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Drug strip testMulti-drug screening | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Multi-drug cup testChain of custody | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Chest X-rayAll medical types | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
The law sets different retention periods for different records: some are kept for 5 years, and medical surveillance records for hazardous exposure are kept for 40 years from the date of the last entry, as the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations require. Paper records are easy to lose, hard to secure, and seldom survive these periods intact, which puts your POPIA compliance and your audit defence at risk. Your Care Net records sit in a secure, POPIA-compliant digital storage environment for as long as the law prescribes, ready for audits and access requests.
An audit-ready certificate of fitness and a completed risk-based exposure form for every worker.
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The duty is yours. We make it provable.
Cleaning and recycling medicals answer to the OHSA and its regulations. These are the rules behind every certificate we issue, in plain language, with the source one click away.
Every employer must provide and maintain, as far as is reasonably practicable, a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of employees. For cleaning and recovery teams, fit-for-work medicals are part of how that duty is met and recorded.
Read the ActWhere exposure to a biological agent may occur, which is the daily reality of refuse, sanitation and materials recovery work, the employer must run exposure monitoring and a documented system of medical surveillance overseen by an occupational health practitioner, and make vaccines available where reasonably practicable.
Read the regulationsWhere workers are exposed to hazardous cleaning chemicals, solvents and sanitisers, the employer must assess the risk, monitor exposure, and arrange medical surveillance. We build the risk-based panel for the exposure and keep the record for the period the law requires.
Read the regulationsWhere workers may be exposed at or above the 85 dBA noise-rating limit, around balers, shredders and compactors, the employer must run a hearing conservation programme with baseline and follow-up audiometry. Our hearing tests follow SANS 10083.
Read the regulationsNo person may operate a lift truck or listed lifting machine unless trained and certified, and that rests on being medically fit. We confirm the vision, hearing and reaction the machine needs, so your operator certification stands on a sound medical.
Read the regulationThe Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act covers workers who are injured or take ill from their work, including from biological or chemical exposure. An accurate baseline and ongoing records make a claim straightforward and protect both the worker and the employer.
Read the ActThe employer completes the exposure form before medicals day, so the practitioner knows the job, the exposures and the protective equipment. Send it with the worker or attach it to your booking.
Is that medical real? Verify it online.
Every Care Net medical is captured digitally in My Clinic Online, our POPIA-aware record system. Check the legality of any Care Net certificate online in seconds, before a worker sets foot on your site.
Know exactly what to expect, on the line or in clinic.
Short, plain-language videos. The first group plans the medicals; the second explains the medical itself.
Straight answers, before medicals day.
How often must cleaning and recycling medicals be repeated?
It depends on the job and the exposure, and the Occupational Medical Practitioner confirms the schedule for each worker. Biological and chemical exposures follow the risk assessment. We track every renewal date on one planner, so a certificate is re-tested before it lapses, not after.
We just won a new contract. Can you clear the whole team?
Yes. From 10 workers on one site, a mobile clinic comes to the depot or site and clears the whole team in one planned window, weekdays and Saturdays included. Tell us the headcount and the dates in the quote form, and a sales executive builds the plan with you.
What does biological surveillance involve for refuse and recovery workers?
Where exposure to a biological agent may occur, the Hazardous Biological Agents Regulations require exposure monitoring and a documented system of medical surveillance overseen by an occupational health practitioner, with vaccines made available where reasonably practicable. We build that surveillance into the medical.
What about workers handling cleaning chemicals?
Workers exposed to hazardous cleaning chemicals, solvents and sanitisers get a risk-based panel with surveillance matched to the exposure, in line with the Hazardous Chemical Agents Regulations. We keep the record audit-ready.
What must the worker bring on the day?
A completed risk-based exposure form from the employer. An ID or passport, since no examination can be done without identification. Glasses or hearing aids if used, and an audiologist report if applicable. Take chronic medication as usual, and avoid noise, food, sugar, energy drinks and smoking for one hour before the medical.
Can one worker come to a clinic?
Yes. One worker is enough. Walk in or book at Midrand (875 16th Road, Unit 2 Alphen Square North, Randjespark, 1685), Elandsfontein (Cnr North Reef and Atlas Road, Shop 2 Delmond Centre, 1429), Brackenfell in Cape Town (Cnr Kruis and Capricorn Way, Unit 15 Reserve 1, 7560) or Gqeberha (40 6th Avenue, 6045). Directions and reviews are in the clinic section above.
Do refuse truck and forklift operators need a medical?
Yes. Operators of plant such as refuse trucks, forklifts, balers and shredders are tested for the vision, hearing and reaction the machine needs. Where a forklift or listed lifting machine is involved, the Driven Machinery Regulations require the operator to be trained and certified, which rests on being medically fit.
Will a client audit or tender be able to check the records?
Yes. Every Care Net medical is captured in My Clinic Online, our POPIA-aware record system, and any certificate verifies online in seconds. When a client audit, a tender or an inspector asks for worker fitness and surveillance records, it is a search away, not a storeroom away.
How long do you keep the medical records?
The law sets different retention periods: some records are kept for 5 years, and medical surveillance and risk-assessment records for hazardous exposure for 40 years, as the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations require, including the Hazardous Biological Agents Regulations. Care Net keeps every record in secure, POPIA-compliant digital storage.
Whole team or one worker? Both routes are covered.
From 10 workers on one site, one of our 16 mobile clinics comes to your depot or site and clears the team in one planned window, weekdays and Saturdays. For one worker or a handful, the fixed clinic medicals page covers the walk-in route.
