Essential Functions
WORK PLACE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Physical Demands | Physical Requirements |
Visual Acuity | Physical Surroundings & Hazards 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to ascend or descend stairs, ramps, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. (Climbing)

• Ability to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking/standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces exceeding what is required for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium. (Balancing)

• Ability to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Ability to return to the upright position. (Stooping)

• Ability to bend legs at the knees to come to a rest on knee or knees and return to the upright standing position. (Kneeling)

• Ability to bend the body downward and forward by bending the leg and spine and return to the upright position. (Crouching)

• Ability to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet and return to the upright standing position. (Crawling/Creeping)

• Ability to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. (Reaching)

• Ability to stand for sustained periods of time. (Standing)

• Ability to remain in a seated position for sustained periods of time. (Sitting)

• Ability to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. (Walking)

• Ability to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. (Pulling)

• Ability to raise objects of varying sizes and weights from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. (Lifting)

• Ability to pick, pinch, type, or otherwise work, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm, and in handling. (Fingering)

• Ability to apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. (Grasping)

• Ability to perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with the skin, particularly that of fingertips. (Feeling)

• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to others accurately, loudly, or quickly. (Talking)

• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the written word. Those activities in which detailed or important written instructions must be conveyed to others accurately. (Reading and Writing)

• Ability to perceive the nature of sounds with no less than a 40dB loss @ 500 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication. (Hearing)

• Ability to move the wrists, hands, and/or fingers in a repetitive manner. (Repetitive Motions)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Required to exert up to 10 lbs. of force frequently and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly or lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. (Sedentary Work)

• Required to exert up to 20 lbs. of force regularly to move objects. (Light Work)

• Required to exert between 20 and 50 lbs. of force occasionally to move objects. (Heavy Work)

• Required to exert in excess of 100 lbs. of force occasionally to move objects. (Very Heavy Work)

VISUAL ACUITY

• Ability to maintain a minimum standard of visual acuity required to observe a client’s physical condition from a distance of 25-100 feet.

• Ability to maintain a minimum standard of visual acuity for operation of equipment.

• Ability to maintain a minimum standard of visual acuity for visual inspection, use of computer terminals, extensive reading, and using measurement devices at a distances close to the eyes, such as goniometers.

PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS AND HAZARDS

A. The student is subject to inside environmental conditions and has protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

B. The student may be subject to a variety of conditions including exposures to and/or proximity to: potentially infectious and physically violent clients; moving mechanical parts; electrical current, electromagnetic fields and ultrasound waves; high temperatures (hot packs) and temperatures below 32 degrees Fahrenheit (cold packs, ice massage, and contrast baths); and whirlpool chemical additives and disinfectant