Obtain Your Medical Fitness Certificate for Working at Heights with Your Private Health
Book Your Working at Height Medical Examination in Manchester
Working at heights remains one of the most safety-critical occupations. Working at heights medical examinations, as required under the Working at Height Regulations 2005, help reduce the risk of fall and injury by ensuring that you or your employees are medically fit to work at heights.
Your Private Health offers a range of safety-critical medicals to help you stay safe while at work. We offer three different medical packages, to allow for a more extensive range of testing options, depending on your requirements.
Our medical examinations service offers a smooth process from start to finish, to ensure that you get the certification you require in a stress-free and timely manner. Our appointments take less than 45 minutes and we offer a quick turnaround on certifications.
About Our Safety Critical Medicals
When working from heights, one mistake can cause serious injury to both yourself, your colleagues, and the general public. Our medical examination packages are created with this in mind, to help you prevent the risk of injury.
Our standard package fits most requirements, while our extended and bespoke packages give you the option to conveniently integrate further testing services in your medical examination appointment.
It is your responsibility to ensure our medicals meets the requirement from your employer.
Our Working at Height Medical Examination Packages
Standard Package
for repeat medication is required
Our Price: £95
Extended Package
for repeat medication is required
Our Price: £120
Bespoke Packages
or Extended package plus: -
for repeat medication is required
Price on Request
What is the Purpose of Working at Height Medicals?
The purpose of working at height medical examinations is to rule out medical conditions that could pose a risk of injury to yourself or others. Obtaining your medical fitness certificate for working at heights demonstrates that you are fit to safely carry out work at heights.
Who Requires a Medical Fitness Certificate for Working at Height?
Working at height includes any work environment where, without the necessary precautions, an employee may fall from a distance that would cause personal injury. By this definition, there are several circumstances where workers will require a medical fitness certificate for working at heights, these include:
- Working above ground level
- Working on a ladder or flat roof
- Environments where you could fall through a fragile surface
- Environments where you could fall from an edge, or fall through an opening or hole in the ground
Our working at heights medicals are suitable for:
- Abseilers
- Riggers
- Miners
- Scaffolders
- Tower Crane, cherry picker, and scissor lift operatives
- Rooftop workers
- Engineers working at heights
- Construction workers
- Anyone who completes work involving ladders, stepladders, harnesses, and elevated working platforms
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What do you need to bring with you?
In order to be able to properly carry out your medical examination and issue a valid medical fitness certificate, you will need to bring the following documents with you:
- Photo ID
- Glasses or contact lenses if you use them, and your latest prescription
- Repeat prescriptions for any medications you take regularly
How often will you need a safety-critical medical?
Medical fitness certificates for working at height, like most safety-critical medicals, are only valid for a limited period of time. How often you need to renew your work at height medical depends on your age:
- Under 54 years – you will need to renew your certificate every 3 years
- Age 55 to 64 – you will need to renew every 2 years
- 65 and over – you will need a yearly medical certification renewal
The above durations may vary dependent on your medical history,
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