Pregnant Worker Assessment

Posture Group’s online pregnant worker assessment and training software to provide comprehensive training and assessments for pregnant workers

Posture Group are experts in the area of pregnant worker assessments and provide in excess of 40,000 face to face pregnant worker assessments annually. The online pregnant worker system has been developed by our team of 250+ ergonomics, physiotherapy and health and safety consultants to streamline and automate the assessments they carry out face to face.  

Reduce the time it takes to provide and administrate pregnant worker assessments and easily assess workers at remote office locations and home workers using the system.

Benefits of Posture Group’s online pregnant worker training and assessments system:

• Requires minimal organisation by management.
• Automatically collates data and highlights users where action is necessary.
• Allows assessment for staff at multiple locations and home workers.
• Will cut the costs of face to face assessments by up to 95%.
• The system was developed by Posture Group’s team of 250+ ergonomics, physiotherapy and health and safety expert consultants to streamline the process they use for providing face to face pregnant worker assessments.
• Customisable system with your branding to make it look like it was developed in-house.
• Detailed training so that pregnant workers are aware of the health and safety issues.
• Paperless process.
• Post assessment On-Site support is available for any employees that may require a more in-depth pain consultation, in the cases of chronic pain. Just call us if you need us.
• Posture Group’s online pregnant worker system is completely impartial and is not focused on trying to sell you additional services, expensive ergonomic chairs or ergonomic products.
• Posture Group is an ergonomics, pain management and health and safety company that have developed the pregnant worker assessment package as part of our offering and we are not purely a software company.
• A dedicated technical support line is available between 09:00am and 18:00pm daily if you experience any problems with the system. Technical support is also available via email and our software helpdesk out of hours.

Working posture and comfort

This section assesses pregnant workers current work status and working activities carried out that may expose them to greater levels of risk such as back pain and looking after their health and circulation throughout pregnancy.

Computer user

An assessment of the pregnant workers workstation or work area to manage workflow and ensuring items are positioned  ergonomically to avoid discomfort during each working day.

Manual handling

This section provides the pregnant worker with manual handling advice and assesses their condition for lifting heavy objects and storing files to avoid any health risks and injuries. It also assesses whether appropriate equipment is supplied in the workplace for manual handling tasks and carrying equipment.

Working at height

This section assesses whether a pregnant worker is required to work at height as part of their job function and how risks of working from height can be avoided.

Welfare

Assessment of current working area and setup for pregnant workers to ensure there is convenient access to facilities to ensure a comfortable pregnancy.

Working hours and breaks

This section covers required working hours, changes to working hours, if required, taking regular breaks and commuting to work to avoid additional stress and health risks during pregnancy.

Working stresses

This section assesses a pregnant workers current work stresses to avoid mental and physical stress. There is also information on how these issues can be avoided.

Protective clothing and uniforms

An assessment of whether there is appropriate protective equipment, uniforms and other materials for pregnant workers to ensure the right level of protection and comfort is provided.

Hazardous substances

To assess whether a pregnant worker is exposed to hazardous substances and recommended levels of protection required.

Work related violence

This section covers ways of avoiding added stress which might be associated with work related violence.

Environment

Assessment of a pregnant workers current work environment to ensure the correct lighting, noise levels and ventilation are provided.

Features of the system:

• Visually engaging and easy to understand
• Indicates all key health and safety factors relevant to pregnant workers.
• Training points and tips are provided relating to each area of the health and safety training.

• Detailed questions relating to all areas affecting pregnant workers
• Pre-assessment disclaimer
• Simple multiple-choice answers
• Drop down list of pre-determined ‘issue’ responses
• Additional text box for users to enter own response
• Option to go ‘back’ during assessment
• Can pause the assessment at any stage and come back and complete the assessment at a later date or time.
• Assessment can be bookmarked for later completion

• Separate login page and password
• Automated feedback of user answers
• Automated action plan guidance (user never sees this information)
• Management comments entry box for each question
• Automated PDF generator on completion
• Simple view to see all awaiting, incomplete, actions required and all incomplete assessments.
• Ability to view all high, medium, low and no action required issues by clicking on relevant status box.

• The email function allows the automation of the system.
• Client provides data of each user - name and email address
• Once uploaded the pregnant worker system recognises all users taking assessment
• An initial roll-out email is automatically sent to all users with personal login details
• Email reminders can be setup and sent to users who have not completed assessment

• Globalsign Extended SSL 2 (secure sockets layers) Certificate
• Industry leading SLA (service level agreement)
• Dedicated server housed inside secure data centre
• Server access passwords secured off-line
• Restricted assessment data access to end client administrators
• Completed reports stored securely in a password protected folder for each client
• Reports can be permanently deleted once downloaded if requested