Jobs that require physical exams

So lets gather a list of type of jobs that require physical exams. List what jobs and type of jobs you know require such exams. Feel free to name specific companies as well.

Airline pilots have to have six monthly medicals for safety reasons AFAIK. Don't know much about the exams themselves though.

Yepp we commercial pilots need flight medical exams

Scientists and technicians who work with biohazards get periodic exams and blood tests, the nature and frequency is determined by what exactly they are working with.

Firefighters get medicals and fitness assessments

Most jobs that enroll the new employee in a public pension program require a complete physical. These are jobs where the employee could potentially start drawing pension money right after starting the job.

I had an exam like this when I got on the fire department. If I had a disabling health incident right away, like a heart attack on the job, I could potentially be drawing my pension for the rest of my life after a week on the job.

Virtually all public safety jobs require that you have a physical when you are first hired. Once hired they may send you to a doctor yearly to have a follow uup physical. The agency I workd for eventually started requiring employees to go to their own doctor for the physical. They are already providing the insurance benefit so it was more cost effective. The doctor had to sign a form stating that you were fit and able to perform duties for your job. Thus no personal HIPA information was disclosed.

In Calif commercial drivers need to get a physical every two years to maintain the commercial license status.

The military has a pretty intense physical you have to pass. It is based on not only your health but your physical abilities as well. They need to make sure that your not only healthy but you're not going to cause a draw on resources or if deployed need medical care that they can not support.

Truck drivers. I'm not sure about all, but I know some are required to take yearly physicals with the company doctor.

I am a scuba instructor. Every year I have to pass a physical in order for my insurance company to provide me with liability coverage.

I work in the childcare field and every job that I have worked for, outside of my home, has required me to have a physical exam. They have included TB testing, general health, and vaccines required for the job. My current job has the possibility of random testing for drugs and alcohol should my employers deem it necessary. (Since I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs I don't think that clause will ever be used.) Most of the childcare field also only requires an exam every three years, not yearly.

I know I had to pass a physical when I started work at the hospital. It was a very simple physical, mostly for insurance purposes, though it included a very detailed visual exam, focusing specifically on color recognition.

I know some news reporters who have to have a pre-employment exam also. One friend of mine who works in a major market told me his stations exam was pretty basic, while his old station was pretty strict and detailed.

Oil and Gas sector companies require a comprehensive physical for their staff who are based at the refinery, the off-shore rig, etc.

I've had to have pre-employment physicals for my bank job. Also when I joined a consulting firm. These were not very comprehensive and the latter one was mandated by the insurance company that provided a group life insurance plan. Later I found out that the former (the bank's doctor) only checked for STDs.

Djboy:

The bank I worked for had a self-funded medical plan. So they wanted to be sure that their new hires were healthy.

The medical exam consisted of a chest X-Ray, height, weight, blood work and some questions from a form: Family medical history of heart/liver/kidney conditions; major illnesses like Hepatitis, cancer, etc. My own history of the same, plus if I had had surgery for any reason.

They later included an ECG as well for new employees over 40 years of age.

Even after asking, they did not give me the report of all the tests - I was told that since I had been hired, I had cleared the medical.

Someone in Human Resources later mentioned to me that they were specifically looking for STD infections. For some reason, they figured that an STD would hamper my ability to do banking work! Never figured out whether it was true or whether the HR guy was pulling my leg!

Hope this helps!

I have worked in the financial services and medical devices sectors since I graduated from college and business school. I change jobs fairly frequently, and am required to have pre-employment exams about 75% of the time. The companies that are self-insured for health care are categorically the ones which require physicals.

One summer when I was at college I got a job in a factory producing sweets/candy. There were about 10 other college guys who turned up for the interviews. I knew someone who'd worked there the summer before so it didn't come as a surprise when after the brief interview I was sent to the company doc's office for a medical. As I'd be handling food they wanted to be sure I was healthy.

The doc's office was a suite of rooms more like a small clinic (it was a big factory). The exam was mainly as a group with the other college students, all striped to our undies. I think it was a shock to most of the other guys.

There were sight and hearing checks carried out by a nurse then weights /heights were taken followed by BP and then blood and urine samples. The doc then arrived and stethed us one by one whilst lined up. We were told to run on the spot for a couple of minutes in just undies then he went down the line stething each of us again, front then he'd get us to turn 180 and he do our backs.

We did get privacy for the genital and rectal exams (rectal was just bend over the table for a quick check /nothing inserted) which the doc did one by one behind a curtain but in the same room (so we could clearly here his instructions).

The memories of that day are still clear 😃

As a cab driver we get a full physical and a drug screen done via blood testin

After I left the military I owned three medical weight loss centers. Each one employed RNs, LPNs, and CNAs as counselors. The insurance I provided to my employees required a pre-empoyment and thereafter an annual physical exam. I was the examiner for all of these. In addition, I kept my PA certification current throughout the six years I was the owner. I was required to have an MD available for my clients but they mostly opted for me.

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I work in management for a trucking firm...have to get a DOT physical "just in case I have to drive a regulate truck".

US DOT Truck Drivers physical. Good for 6 -24 months depending on the health of the individual. EMT and Paramedic. Pre employment physical and a return to duty physical after injury. Auto Mechanic for a dealership. Pre employment physical. CNA. Had to take a physical to get into the training program. I'm sure there are others.

Steel mill worker. Complete physical every year, chest film, blood, urine, hearing, and prostate when over 45. It's like an assembly line, 20 people a day, 5 days a weeks.

Great responses. Keep them coming.

Some blue collar jobs require it. I worked building jet engines on an assembly line for about a year. I had to take a medical exam after the job offer due the physical stress factor (repetitive motion etc) of the job.

Hospital jobs.

I had to get a FAA physical a couple years ago for my pilot's license. I was in my boxers for the entire exam. He had me squat down, bend, etc to check my joints. Then he said "okay, go ahead and drop your shorts so I can have a look at your testicles." He grabbed a rolling stool and pulled up right in front of my groin. Using both hands, he captured each testicle one at a time and rolled it around. Then checked me for a hernia.

In Germany you have to undergo a physical exam if you are under 18 and would like to start working.

I'm a registered hygienist and they make you get a physical before applying for your state issued license.

A lot of roles in the transport industry require exams here (bus driver, train driver etc). Where I work it is about every five years, at specific ages.

I had to have one for a few factory jobs I've had in the past.