Module benefits

What do you know about the types of assessments that are completed in the workplace?  What information needs to be collected in support of Disability Management and Return to Work?  Why are these assessments completed?    Professionals with the knowledge, technical skills and transferable skills taught in this course will go on to be sought after resources in specifically helping employers meet their Disability Management program needs.  They also will be influential in the creation of Human Resource products and tools like Job Descriptions, Job Specifications, and work-related training. 

Overview

This module introduces Workplace Assessment: a best practice principle in Disability Management.  It provides details of what an Assessor does, what competencies they need, their roles and responsibilities and the positive impact they have in matching workers to work so they can return to their jobs in a safe and secure fashion.  It also illustrates the process that an Assessor uses in completing a Job Analysis, the assessment most often used during Disability Management and Return to Work activity.  

Module Content 

This module covers the following content:

  • Workplace Assessment / Job Analysis
  • The purpose, use and outcomes of Job Analysis
  • The benefits of conducting a Job Analysis
  • The methods used to complete a Job Analysis
  • The process used to complete a Job Analysis
  • Physical / Cognitive Demands Analysis
  • The difference between a Job Analysis and an Ergonomic Assessment.

The concepts are explained through case studies. 

Module Design 

The module includes the following components:

Product

Size

Allotted Time for Completion

Reading material with endnotes, websites list, and references

  • 83 pages

  • 12,652 words

  • 4 hours

Video presentation 

  • 64 slides 

  • 1 hour

Quiz (must achieve 80%)

21 questions 

  • 1 hour

Total 

6 hours

About the instructor

Director of Education and Professional Development

Gail Kovacs

Gail has 43+ years of front-line, management, project and curriculum development experience in health care, disability management and vocational rehabilitation in both the public and private sector and in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and other European countries.Gail is a Director of KMG Health Partners, an international firm providing Disability Management / Vocational Rehabilitation management, audit and training services. The company leads or participates in projects that assist with the development of the profession and with the evolution of client, customer and provider services. KMG trains Occupational Health and Safety, Human Resources and Line Management within employers. KMG also trains other professionals in the field. Gail has extensive activity in supporting large and small organizations with disability management processes. Gail has developed and delivered curriculum and training modules for Foreign Trained Health Professionals in Ontario to assist moving them from practicing as doctors to practicing as Disability Managers. She has also created the Study Guide, workshop and on-line training for the 8 professional domains of the Canadian Certified Vocational Evaluator (CCVE) exam.Recently she completed the development of training for front line construction supervisors in British Columbia to help them enhance their communications skills during stay in work and recover at work processes. This was in collaboration with WorkSafe B.C.Gail is a Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP) and a Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional (CVRP). She is a Past President of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada (VRA Canada) and of the Canadian Assessment, Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Society (CAVEWAS). She has also been on the Board of Directors for the College of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals (CVRP). She was a Trustee and Vice Chair of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA) in the UK and has supported standards development with the VRA, UK Rehab Council and British Standards Institution.Gail has a certificate in Human Resources Development and professionally practices as an Ergonomist. She is also a Canadian Certified Rehabilitation Counsellor (CCRC), a Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP), and a Consensus Based Disability Management Auditor (CBDMA). She has been awarded the Fellowship of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada, the Award of Excellence from CAVEWAS, and a lifetime membership with the VRA UK all in recognition of her professional achievements in Vocational Rehabilitation and for her dedication and commitment to professional development and to client and customer services.