ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Fitness for hiring

Ah, Mike, the subtle differences between American and The Queen's English! Fitness as in muscle tone vs fitness for purpose. One has to be so careful, a trunk is on an elephant not the boot of a motor-car, lighting up a fag is igniting a cigarette and reaching into a drawer for a rubber an innocent pencil eraser.

Alan

very good Alan,


FWIW ..............Werner makes a 375lb. fiberglass ladder !

and "fit for duty " has become boilerplate contract language and is used as another excuse,...... I mean tool..... for a contractor to screen current and prospective employees thru random drug testing......even though the criteria to determine an individuals abilties is shrouded in a grey fog,

also, if someone has had certain surgeries and begins to gain weight they , according to some folks here have become unfit .... and can be terminated or not hired and THAT is a load of dung

Mike, to tell the truth, I'm glad you have learned to swim!

Best times of my life I have spent by water, swimming. Tho I almost drowned once, I can only feel free whenever I'm swimming. And it is not about my sexual life
I simply take water as an element of my life which I have to miss 8-9 months a year, but I can go back, and I can hardly wait to be in the lake again.

One of our local electric utilities has a weight limit to remain employed. It is in the contract and it is enforced. Yearly physicals are required for the employee's CDL which is required to operate a company vehicle. If you can't retain your CDL due to a weight/BP problem you have 6 months to correct the problem. Employees know this from the git-go and I have no problem with it. An employer has a right to protect itself and its other employees from workers who allow themselves to become a danger to the public, their co-workers and themselves.