Rehabilitation Counseling - CRC Exam Review (Rasch\USF)

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Physical Demands of Jobs

The following physical demands are relevant in rehabilitation planning. As part of a job analysis, the Strength requirement of the job must always be identified. A job analysis must also identify any other physical demands that are present, and the specifics, as noted below, described.

1 - Strength (includes lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling):

Sedentary Work: Lifting 10 lbs. maximum.

Light Work: Lifting 20 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting of objects up to 10 lbs.

Medium Work: Lifting 50 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting of objects up to 25 lbs.

Heavy Work: Lifting 100 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting of objects up to 50 lbs.

Very Heavy Work: Lifting over 100 lbs. with frequent lifting of 50 lbs. or more

2 - Climbing and/or Balancing

Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, ropes, and the like, using the feet and legs and/or arms.

Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces; or maintaining body equilibrium when performing gymnastic feats.

3 - Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching and/or Crawling

Stooping: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist.

Kneeling: Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees.

Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine.

Crawling: Moving about on the hands and knees or hands and feet.

5 - Reaching, Handling, Feeling and/or Fingering

Reaching: Extending the hands and arms in any direction.

Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with the hand or hands (fingering not involved).

Fingering: Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling).

Feeling: Perceiving such attributes of objects and materials as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by means of receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips.

6 -Talking and/or Hearing

Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds by the ear.

7 -Seeing

Acuity (Far and Near): Far visual acuity is clarity of vision at 20 feet or more and near visual acuity is clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.

Depth Perception: Three dimensional vision. The ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are.

Field of Vision: The area that can be seen up and down or to the right and left while the eyes are fixed on a given point.

Accommodation: Adjustment of the lens of the eye to bring an object into sharp focus. Especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye.

Color Vision: The ability to identify and distinguish colors.

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