Jobs that require an Exam

This thread is generating more heat than light. That said keep fantasy where it belongs please.

Even the jobs the require exams .., are not very thorough exams.,, pretty much in and out in 10

I'm currently applying to nursing schools and some of them require a full head to toe physical while others just want vaccine records.

All of the job physicals I have had only involve the doctor doing basic exam procedures....blood pressure, temperature, listening to my heart, bending down. I didn't have to disrobe.

I applied for a job with the US government. During the interview process they sent me for a full physical at one of their own doctors. I also have to get one every year as a scuba instructor.

I have had 3 different jobs during the past ten years. All of them required a complete physical and an annual after that.

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In many countries, especially in Europe, employment medicals are required for whoever has a job. Usually at the start of a new job, and then periodically.

I have owned a cleaning business for many years. We used to have a contract to clean the offices of a local manufacturing company about 12 years ago. The company ran 24 hours a day, except for holidays. They made lots of metal items and parts with CNC machine. They employed about 75 people. They required their new hires(mostly men) to have pre employment physicals. A lot of times I'd be cleaning the HR office(which required a separate key) and a physical exam form and authorization would be setting on the HR fax machine from a local clinic. I was always instructed to make sure that I closed and locked the door to this office, when I was done cleaning it and not to walk away and leave it open and unlocked. On one occasion they hired a new general manager and there were notes with instructions to the HR manager to authorize a exam that was "above the standard type we usually give."

A few weeks latter after the new GM started he was holding meetings with all employees and departments to improve this company, that really needed it. One of the notes left on a dry erase board was to investigate and make sure their clinic they contracted with was meeting all the requirements for their exams for new hires. The notes were just left on the board in a small meeting room.

I also cleaned for a construction company that was rather large and had a lot of crews that worked on job sites. They required a full physical and drug test when they hired any new people. They had a large sign on the window of their door that this was a requirement.

I have a friend who is a retired sheriff deputy who went to work as an armed security person for a large aircraft company who had to have a physical exam. He told me the whole exam lasted 15 minutes.

I can also share about another friend I used to know in a near by town. He works as an insurance man, and during high school football season he works for the school as an assistant coach. The new head coach of the team a couple of years ago required the coaching staff to have physicals also. He was very strict on this getting done! It was even documented in school board minutes for approval to spend money on the coaching staff. A lot of the coaching staff once played football or was involved in sports when they were younger....

Been self-employed for twenty five years, performing plumbing and heating work and don't really know. Prior jobs I've had before being self-employed never required one. Some were pretty demanding, laboring jobs too, requiring good physical fitness/strength and stamina to complete daily. Still currently do it. Wouldn't be surprised if most/all employers today required an applicant to successfully pass a physical, especially if the employer may offer health insurance. Who wants to hire somebody who's about ready to drop dead. Cost of everything keeps rising.

Djboy: You think it weird that they would need to assess the health of coach who is a former player? American football is known for use of performance-enhancing drugs and an abnormal rate of former athletes that have health issues at relatively young ages.

When I was hired there was pretty much nothing beyond a criminal background check and verification of credentials (professional level). Saw a new posting and they now have a line about medical check and vaccine verification. Don't know if that's applied on a case-by-case basis "just in case we want to" or if they really have changed things. My bet is the measles resurgence has rattled people in HR.

I have had to get a medical exam for a few jobs. Most of the time it was just me with the company hired doctor but one time there were two people from the main office watching the exam and it was extremely embarrassing.

...but one time there were two people from the main office watching the exam and it was extremely embarrassing.

I'll bet. That's a story that a lot of us would like to hear. Care to share?

When I negotiated my contract with my current job, going from freelance to staff, I made a set of conditions which they contractually agreed to. One of those conditions was, never to be required to undergo any medical examination. I still feel, my medical issues are no concern of my employer. They agreed and its worked out beautifully. Also I have a sickness record that's pretty much zero sick days a year. I've been there sixteen years. There have been a few changes in HR managers, one or two, have brought up the issue that they have no record of a physical, but when they dig deeper, the see and understand why. New hires have to go for a pre-employment physical, but not that detailed or involved. Some have to have certain medical examinations which are job description specific. I don't fall into that category. I'm subject to random drug and alcohol screening but that doesn't phase me,

New hires have to go for a pre-employment physical, but not that detailed or involved.

First of all, good for you for standing up for yourself and your rights!

I'm curious, what kind of company is this that requires physicals for new hires. Without naming names, could you tell us what kind of industry/business their in?

In some countries students are required to have an exam every year while studying at the university, not exactly an employment thing but quite close

Reply to JimmyJohnson

Company is an oil and gas engineering company. Even office staff are asked to go for a well person pre-employment medical exam. Its nice that they are concerned about the medical welfare of the incoming staff. But I feel its none of their business.

I am a lifeguard, and I have to get physicals every year from a doctor that is contracted to do them in Maui.

The doctor is really nice, and he seems to enjoy his work. But the physicals take about 90 minutes because he is so thorough. I prefer a female doctor though

I worked in a hospital and had to have a pre employment physical on the comprehensive side with a female nurse practitioner and some vaccines as well as proof of prior vaccinations. No further exams but flu vaccines. I am currently working in transportation and had a preemployment physical also with a female nurse practitioner as well as a pre employment drug and alcohol test with random follow up tests as well as a yearly follow up exam in another 6 months. It would be bi annual but because I’m over 50 it’s yearly.

For the company I work for it depends on what kind of work you’ll be doing. I work an office job so I didn’t need a pre employment physical, though they are required for roles requiring manual labor.

When I was an intern at an oil & gas company, I was placed in HR record department. There I saw their old pre-employment exam form that was so detailed even involved dental checkup/record for some designation.

My job required pre employment physicals and yearly. But being firefighter and EMT you have to be in great health working with the general public. We are drugged tested at least twice a month. I have nothing to hide being a leuteninant I have to make sure I am setting a good example for my squad.

I've had two jobs that have required a pre-employment physical, both companies were of a manufacturing/ industrial nature. I never actually worked a manufacturing position, my job was always half desk work half projects somewhere on the manufacturing floor. Everybody in both companies were required to pass the physical, didn't matter if you were hired for manufacturing, janitor, or accounting. They were both completed after I was hired and within the first four weeks or so of employment. It was always cool to see co-workers and imagine them going through their physicals.

After I closed my business I did some part-time work afterwards. One was as a driver taking dockhands and stevedores to their locations of work in the harbor (an extensive and huge area to get around in).

Anyway I was informed that I'd need to take a medical exam for the job. I was already a member of zity and full-blown on my realization and acceptance and embracing of my medfet. So I really hoped for a repeat of my first job-related medical exam from back in the 1970s which included a naked exam by the end with hernia and genital look. I was expecting more or less a replay.

But instead, the job after all being for a driver, except for asking a few questions about my medical history, all the doctor checked was my vision, doing the eye-chart thing ... really disappointing from what I had expected. Especially more so since the doctor was a young lady in her late 20s or perhaps early 30s.

The job I currently have , I did have to have a pre employment physical, drug test, never had to have one before , did do a drug test at one job besides this one , but never the less only had the exam once which the company paid for.

One of my friends was required to undergo medical exam as part of application process for the police department. He applied to several (4-5) jobs before getting accepted. Each one required their own exam. For his last one, the job he got, I know it was a very thorough exam. EKG, lung tests, vision, hearing, urine. It was a female doctor who he described as being very "nice and thorough." He received a complete genital and prostate exam (at age 2) . He said he'd received another prostate exam from an older male during one of the other visits.

@playpt at what age...?

@playpt at what age...?

Let us go with the supposition of a typo or a missing number.

Oh sorry, yeah I meant to type "28"