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Brightdoll

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Hi

I want to know what will a medical test entails working
for FGW?

If anyone out there has had one from FGW, please get in touch.
Does it involve having a hearing test?


Thanks
 
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Depends on the job. If it's safety critical (and I presume it is or you wouldn't be asking) then yes, you will have your ears tested. Other stuff is eyesight, blood pressure, height, weight, drink/drug screening and so on. It's not brutal though, most people pass.
 
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Hi

I want to know what will a medical test entails working
for FGW?

If anyone out there has had one from FGW, please get in touch.
Does it involve having a hearing test?


Thanks

Any employee of FGW has to go through a basic Drug and Alcohol test, Even Non-Safety Critical staff. Not sure about a hearing test though.
 

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The hearing test involves sitting in a soundproofed booth, you wear headphones and a machine produces beeps at a range of volumes, which you acknowledge by pressing a handheld button.

The eyesight test is relatively standard, a normal opticians chart is displayed and you are asked to read the letters. If you wear lenses or glasses you will also be asked to do the test without them. There will also likely be a colourblindness test, this used to involve numbers made up of coloured dots (Ishihara test) but I understand the format may now have changed.

There will be a check of your blood pressure and any other simple general health matters, and then the drug and alcohol test. This is a simple 'pee in a pot' exercise, generally using a cubicle in the examination room. You'll be asked to remove your jacket and empty your pockets prior to doing the deed (to ensure you're not concealing any substitute sample), and your sample will be temperature tested upon handing it over to ensure it is genuine. It is then sealed and labelled in your presence, and sent for analysis. Generally, if the sample is satisfactory you will hear no more.

Hope that helps.
 

Brightdoll

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Thanks BestWestern this is excellent info

Have you actually had this test with FGW? If so how long ago was it?

Thanks
 
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