Occupational Therapist

BSc (OT), WITS

PGD. Voc. Rehab (UP)

Practical Labour Law Cert. (UCT)

M.OccTher (UP)

Candidate PhD, WITS

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Address: MEDICLINIC Midstream, Midstream Hill Medical Park, Suite 110

Cell: 076 321 7592 Tell: 012 942 0826 Email: july@masangoot.co.za Web: www.masangoot.co.za

July Masango

Overview – Job Analysis

Occupational Therapy 101

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OT models & FOR

• Model of Human Occupation
• Creative Ability Model
• Person Environment Occupation - PEO
• KAWA

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Body structures, functions and systems

• Client factors and Performance Skills

Assessment & treatment principles

• Handing;
• Presentation;
• Structuring;
• Activity Requirements;
• Grading

Legislation

• TAG
• EEA
• Skills Development
• OHS etc

Activity Analysis and Job Analysis

Job Analysis

Activity Analysis

• Job Analysis - is a systematic approach to identify and describe the demands that a job places on a worker
• Gives systematic & detailed info on job

• Activity analysis involves the identification of the demands of the activity and the skills required to perform it
• To enable an OT to match the patient with the correct type of activity – “just right challenge” - CA

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Job Analysis

A Job Analysis:

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• Provides detailed information on major tasks,
• Therefore, it should include:
• What the worker does
• How the worker performs the tasks
• The skills involved
• Tools & equipment utilised; machinery
• Provides details information on environmental conditions.
• Provides detailed information on the physical, cognitive and emotional requirements

Value and importance of JA

1. Hey, my name is: “Job”

2. Nice to meet you Job, my name is “Worker”

Facilitate Placement – perfect fit

Job Analysis

Purpose of conducting a JA

Methods of Job Analysis

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job

JA

Job description

education &

skills

Reasonable

accommodation

Matching &

placement

Intervention &

training

client

FCE

Experience

work history,

interest, etc.

Glenda Key

Requirements abilities

Adopted from: Dr Tania Buys

Aspects to assess – Job Analysis

1. The person
• Work style; culture; values;
• Work interests; gratification; aptitudes
2. Job specific
• Job description; job title;
• Mx of company and leadership
• Environment; schedule / shifts
• Inherent work tasks; sequence of tasks etc.
3. Occupation or Role / position specific
• Training required; technology; number of people at each task
• Hours; tools & equipment; client's skill set
• Years of experience; demands od the role; rare skills / specialized
• How may people can do the role
• Output
4. Industry or sector
• Salary scale
• Opportunities / growth
• Line of reporting / supervision

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JA process

Review

job

description

Collect

equipment

Work visit

JA

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observe measure document

Interview

stake holders

Demand

analysis

JA

document

Adopted from Dr Tania Buys

Contents – Job Analysis

Psychosocial Demands

Cognition:

• Memory, concentration (active & passive), decision making, reasoning & judgement, planning, scheduling, processing information, using learnt information, insight, problem solving

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Emotional regulation:

• Frustration tolerance

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Interpersonal:

• Receiving instructions; supervising others; mentoring; interacting with clients, public, colleagues; tact; conflict resolution; leadership; teamwork; competition

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Communication:

• Written; verbal; diagrammatic; gesturing

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Responsibility:

• Financial, accuracy, efficiency; Stress management; Handling pressure, deadlines, multiple stressors

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Physical demands

Strength & dexterity skills

• Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, fine finger work, handling, gripping, reaching above shoulder, reaching below shoulder

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Mobility skills

• Sitting, standing, walking, running, jumping, climbing, bending/stooping, kneeling, crawling, twisting, balancing

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Sensory/perceptual skills

• Hearing, sensation, vision (near, far, colour, depth), reading, writing, speech

Environmental

Workplace demands

Work environment

• Indoors, outdoors, temperature, humidity, dust, vapours/fumes, noise, proximity to moving objects

Work surfaces:

• Slippery, congested, chemicals, vibration, jarring, electricity

Tools:

• Machinery, sharp tools, thermal energy, radiation

Work conditions:

• Travelling (locally, nationally, internationally, overnight stays), works alone, interacting with people, operating machinery, irregular hours, shift work, overtime

1. Joss M. The role of functional capacity evaluations in occupational therapy vocational evaluations. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 2011; 74(9); 450-452.
2. Restoring competence for the worker role. (Chapter 28 p870-908). Rice VJ in Radomski MV, Trombly CA. Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction. 7th ed. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia; 2014.
3. Cook C, Lukersmith S. Work rehabilitation in: Occupational Therapy and Physical Dysfunction. Enabling Occupation. 6th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 2010

THANK YOU

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Address: MEDICLINIC Midstream, Midstream Hill Medical Park, Suite 110

Tell: 012 942 0826 Email: july@masangoot.co.za Web: www.masangoot.co.za