Workplace vision screening
Drivers, operators and height work, checked for the job.
Workplace vision screening checks whether a worker can see well enough for the task, not whether they need new glasses. Care Net screens drivers, plant operators and people who work at height, and records the result on the certificate of fitness, including Annexure 3 where the work is construction.
Come to us, or we come to you
Send one worker to a fixed clinic, or book a mobile clinic and run the medicals on your site with no travel time lost.
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Clear enough for the road, the cab or the scaffold
Driver and operator roles
People who drive or operate plant need vision that matches the machine. Care Net industry pages already record a Keystone vision screen, including colour vision, for those roles.
Annexure 3 must mention the work
A construction certificate that never assessed vision for height, driving or plant work does not match the job. We test against the category you declare.
Glasses left in the bakkie
Screening uses the correction the person actually works with. Ask them to bring the glasses they wear on shift, not a spare pair from home.
Book vision screening for the crew
Send the job titles. We confirm whether Snellen, Keystone or both sit on the panel.
The job decides the screen, not a slogan
Workplace vision screening is part of the occupational medical. It answers whether the person can do this work, then records the answer on the certificate.
Annexure 3 vision requirements
The medical certificate of fitness must be specific to the construction work. Height, plant and driving categories need the vision checks that work requires, written on the Annexure 3 medical.
Complete the employer section before the medical. A blank exposure line is how the wrong panel gets booked.
Keystone, including colour vision
Care Net already uses a Keystone vision screen, which includes colour vision, for drivers and operators named on industry pages such as food handling and transport.
Forklift, reach-truck and similar roles belong on that operator panel, not on a general tick-box.
See it before the first shift
New starters who will drive, climb or operate plant should have vision screening in the pre-employment medical, not after they have already been placed.
Book the clinic or a mobile unit around the start date so the certificate is valid on day one.
Not an optometrist visit
We do not prescribe glasses and we do not treat eye disease. If the screen flags a problem, the worker is pointed to their own clinician. The occupational record still stands.
Read our eye-health notes on the blog if you want the public-health side. This page is the workplace test.
Who we see for vision screening
Professional drivers, forklift and plant operators, scaffold and rigger crews, and new starters whose job description needs reliable sight. Related reading: eye health at work, common vision problems, and preventing eye injuries.