Your employees may have heard of the Occupational Assessor. He or she conducts Occupational Assessor surveys, sustainable employability surveys and more. He does this using a triangle of different points: people, work and income. But how does the Occupational Assessor apply this in practice during his or her daily work?

The triangle

Daily Occupational Assessor examines the factors of work, people and income. So a Occupational Assessor looks not only at the person, but also at the environment, the work and how they affect each other. What position does a person hold and what specifically does a person have to do in a work day? What are the demands of the job? What resources does someone have available? By listening carefully and getting the facts out during the examination, the Occupational Assessor analyzes the situation. Only then can the Occupational Assessor make an accurate diagnosis and provide targeted advice on next steps. As Occupational Assessor , you are trained to do this weighing of load and strain in a broad sense. And finally, income. The financial foundation on which a person's life is based. What does any drop in income mean for someone? Does someone realize the (financial) consequences of possible disability? The Occupational Assessor takes into account these financial consequences and the minimization of these consequences through targeted advice.

In the triangle, an imbalance can come from a limitation. The Occupational Assessor then looks for the cause of the perceived limitation. This can be due to a particular illness, but also to a situation. Think of debts or a problematic home situation. The Occupational Assessor then examines the combination of the limitations and circumstances and how they affect each other.

Core tasks of the Occupational Assessor

In this way you arrive at the core tasks of the Occupational Assessor: prevent, assess and recover:

Prevent

Prevention is a mostly under-researched branch of the Occupational Assessor. Precisely by deploying an Occupational Assessor at an early stage, you as an employer can prevent an imbalance from worsening. At Puls we work with a sustainable employability assessment (DIO). This investigation and advisory interview is intended to intervene at an early stage and actively steer towards sustainable employability. It can also be used before someone is absent from work. Employer and employee are then given specific answers to questions such as: 'Is the employee still suitable for his own work with full hours and tasks?' 'What adjustments can the employer realize, or are there other more suitable positions available?' 'What actions can the employee deploy to prevent him from dropping out?' The purpose of a DIO is to provide a clear overview of possible steps the employer can take to ensure that someone is and remains employable for a longer period of time.

Review

The load in work is weighed against the load capacity of the individual person and leads to a recommendation for suitable work. This requires a thorough analysis of both the load in the job and the individual factors present. What is the workload capacity as determined by a doctor? Where are the bottlenecks in the work? How does the employer view this? How does the employee view his situation? How does he deal with his limitations, also in everyday life? By looking at all the elements, the Occupational Assessor reaches an opinion and advice.

Restore

The Occupational Assessor is ideally placed to advise on the next steps toward recovery. But it can go beyond advising. In fact, there are several employment experts who take on a coaching role. Here you use the knowledge in the field of people, work and income to give direction to the recovery of the imbalance. Because of the thorough analysis of the situation and broad knowledge, the Occupational Assessor knows where the shoe wrings. Through targeted coaching, the employee can work on the imbalance step by step.

More information?

By weighing and combining the elements of people, work and income, the Occupational Assessor creates a pathway to sustainable employability. Wondering what a Occupational Assessor can do for you and your situation? Feel free to contact Puls. We would like to help you further.