Medical Requirements
Below is a summary of the Minimum Medical Fitness Standard
required for Personal Track Safety, which all successful candidates
will be required to take upon offer of an apprenticeship.
Vision (Eyesight)
Distance vision at least 6/9 in the better eye and 6/12 in the
other eye, with spectacles or contact lenses if worn; with no
medical condition(s) present likely to cause visual impairment.
Colour Vision
Normal colour vision tested using the Ishihara Plates test and
reported as normal or abnormal. Normal colour vision is an
essential requirement for Signalling, Electrification & Plant
and Telecoms Apprenticeships.
Normal colour vision is not required for basic Personal Track
Safety purposes, but it is a requirement of certain tasks
undertaken on or near the line to which other, job-specific
requirements apply.
Hearing
Good conversational hearing is required with no medical
condition(s) present likely to cause unpredictable fluctuation in
hearing levels.
General Health
A good standard of general health is required. Persons shall not
be permitted to go on or near the line if they are suffering from
medical conditions or taking medical treatments, likely to cause
sudden loss of consciousness, impairment of awareness or
concentration, sudden incapacity, visual impairment of temporary or
transient nature, impairment of balance or co-ordination,
significant limitation of mobility. Examples include: epilepsy,
insulin controlled diabetes and unstable angina.
Where a known medical condition exists restrictions will be
imposed and a risk assessment shall be undertaken to create, where
possible, a safe system of work.