Our qualified occupational health professionals: audio and visual technicians, nurse technicians, Occupational Health Nursing Practitioners and Occupational Medical Practitioners. They measure and screen the results and provide guidance to prevent and manage illness.
Occupational health
Occupational health services in South Africa
Keep your crew fit for the work.
Occupational health is the branch of medicine concerned with preventing illness and injury that arise from workplace exposure. An occupational health clinic and a medical surveillance programme watch the health of workers exposed to hazards, so the employer has a current picture of fitness for work.
What it is
What medical surveillance is for the employer.
Medical surveillance is a programme that monitors the health of employees who may be exposed to hazards at work. It includes pre-employment medicals, periodic medicals, exit medicals, biological monitoring, physical checks and medical testing to identify early signs of illness. Based on the results, follow-up actions such as medical interventions and workplace adjustments are recommended.
Care Net runs an occupational health clinic in Midrand, Elandsfontein, Brackenfell, Cape Town and Gqeberha.
Results tell the employer whether a worker is fit for duty, fit with reasonable adjustments, or fit subject to review with restrictions. Where the work itself has to change, that is recorded so you can place the person in a role they can do safely and keep the surveillance file ready for an inspector.
Why it matters
What medical surveillance actually does.
To ensure employees are fit for their job
To identify early signs of work-related illness
To determine if employees need to be removed from a certain work environment
To give the employer a documented fitness outcome they can use for placement and reasonable adjustments
To show whether the company's prevention and control measures are working
Not sure what your workplace needs?
Ask us Tell us the roles and the exposures, and we will tell you which medicals apply.
When it is required
Four situations that trigger surveillance.
When there is a risk of exposure to hazardous substances
When exposure is likely to cause an identifiable disease
When an occupational health practitioner recommends it
When working in high-noise environments or with chemicals
Benefits
Good for the business, good for the person.
Occupational health screening shows the employer, early, whether workplace controls are working and whether a worker remains fit for the role. That keeps the surveillance programme aligned with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Reduced absenteeism through preventative and managed healthcare
- Increased productivity within the workplace
- Help finding the best candidate for the position
- Increased employee retention through active interest in wellbeing
- Compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993
- Improved work performance
- Reduction in health risk
- Education for better health management
- Early detection that reduces the long-term effects of illness and injury
- Preventative screening that flags a fitness issue while the employer can still adjust the placement
Crew or contractor? Both routes are covered.
From 10 workers on one site, one of our 16 mobile clinics comes to your gate and clears the crew in one planned window, weekdays and Saturdays. For one contractor or a handful, the fixed clinic medicals page covers the walk-in route. After an incident on site, use the incident report form.
