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Onsite Workplace Skin Checks
Work Health Professionals offer onsite workplace skin check programs across Perth and WA. We specialise in managing small and extensive skin check programs for workplaces around Perth, remote sites, mine sites and regional WA. Our experienced team of Perth based skin screening nurses are all accredited with the Certificate of Dermoscopy and are dedicated to detecting…
Read MoreAudiometric testing – WA Regions
Wheatbelt, Northern Country (to Kalbarri), South West & Great Southern – MARCH – MAY 2025 Our audiometric testing truck will be travelling through the above regions in March – May this year offering onsite work health services including audiometric testing to meet the new WA WHS regs. (See below for Pilbara, Gascoyne and NW dates). We conduct…
Read MoreNoise Induced Hearing Loss
Exposure to noise in the workplace can have a significant impact on a person’s quality of life. It can cause a range of health issues that include decreased self esteem, confidence and depression. This sounds pretty dramatic but it is real and if anything understated. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) can impact an individual’s ability…
Read MoreAudiometric testing WA – FAQs
What are the new WHS Regs for hearing testing? In summary the aim of the 2020 WHS Act and subsequent 2022 WHS Regulations, is to ensure that employers are providing suitable risk management processes to minimise the risk of Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) for their workers. The main risk management process required by this…
Read MoreMine site hearing testing WA
Onsite audiometric testing Work Health Professionals provide mine site hearing testing services, including baseline and air conduction audiometric testing, for many mining operations and remote sites around WA. See more on the new WHS WA regulations for audiometric testing. As noted in the DMIRS Management of Noise in WA Mining Operations guideline, it is important to…
Read MoreAudiometric Testing Truck – NW Trip
This August our audiometric testing truck we will be heading North from Perth offering onsite work health services including audiometric testing to meet the new WA WHS regs. This includes the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid West and West Kimberley regions (based on demand). We conduct these regional road trips to give you the most cost effective opportunity…
Read MoreWA Noise Code of Practice
With the new WHS Regulations now enacted for audiometric testing, WorkSafe WA have released an updated Code of Practice for “Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work”. This Noise Code of Practice is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (the WHS Act).It provides practical…
Read MoreOutdoor worker sun damage
Every day in Australia, 22% of our workforce is exposed to solar UV radiation and it’s these outdoor workers are at an increased risk of developing keratinocyte cancers. Keratinocyte cancers are non-melanoma skin cancers, and represent the most common cancers in Australia. Data collected by Safe Work Australia between the years 2010 to 2018 shows…
Read MoreSkin Screening – Work Health + Wellbeing
Melanoma is the most common cancer diagnosed in Australian men aged 25-49 years and second most common cancer in women aged 25-49 years, after breast cancer. Approximately two in three Australians will be diagnosed with melanoma or other types of skin cancer by the time they are 70 years old. These age groups may represent…
Read MoreHow do you know if your chair is ergonomic?
The term “ergonomics” is often mis-used or misinterpreted by furniture manufacturers to label and describe chairs and other furniture. These often do not meet industry ergonomic standards or best practice guidelines and can create an injury risk. You want to avoid a mismatch with poor adjustability and fit between the user and their chair.…
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