Work Ability Index (WAI) occupational work-capacity screen + maintenance plan — telehealth / national.

Physical laborers' working capacity is measured nowhere until it fails — construction and the trades already pay for exactly this under the word 'safety', yet the decline that ends careers (and lands as disability retirement) is invisible for the years it is still recoverable. The Work Ability Index is a validated, ~20-minute self-assessment that predicts long-term sickness absence and disability retirement years ahead; a poor or moderate score, caught early and routed to occupational medicine, is the cheapest intervention window occupational health has.

Where

Telehealth / national (confidential self-assessment with a coached review; results belong to the worker) · Open the map

Pay

$220 proposed

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Proof

complete 7-item WAI with total (7–49), band, and job-demand class recorded + poor/moderate band or any active-injury / unmanaged-chronic-disease / work-limiting-pain flag routed to a clinician or occupational-medicine professional + a band-matched maintenance plan and 12-month retest date for good/excellent scores

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-12-28

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• the validated 7-item WAI questionnaire (FIOH form or a faithful licensed reproduction)
• the FIOH scoring key with the four bands (poor 7–27 / moderate 28–36 / good 37–43 / excellent 44–49)
• a private, confidential setting (the result belongs to the worker, never an employer)
• a note of the person's job-demand classification (physically demanding / mentally demanding / mixed) — item 2 is scored relative to it
• a secure note for the score, band, referrals, and the retest date (incl. the 988 crisis line, US)

Steps

1. 1. Set a private, confidential setting and state the frame plainly: this is a self-assessment screen the worker owns — not a medical exam, not a fitness-for-duty determination, and never shared with an employer. Ask up front about an active injury being worked through, work-limiting pain, and any crisis or thoughts of self-harm — a crisis signal STOPs the questionnaire and routes to a crisis line / emergency immediately; an active injury without care in place routes to a clinician.
2. 2. Record the job-demand classification (physically demanding / mentally demanding / mixed) — the WAI scores work ability RELATIVE to the job's demands, which is what makes it an occupational measure rather than a general health score.
3. 3. Administer all 7 WAI items: current work ability vs lifetime best (0–10); work ability relative to the job's physical AND mental demands; number of current physician-diagnosed conditions; estimated work impairment due to disease; sick leave during the past year; own prognosis of work ability two years from now; and mental resources (enjoyment, activity, optimism). Sum to the 7–49 total.
4. 4. Band the total (poor 7–27 / moderate 28–36 / good 37–43 / excellent 44–49) and note the trend if a prior score exists — expected response context: work ability declines with age fastest in physically demanding jobs, so a stable score across retests IS the win; a drop of several points between screens is signal even inside a good band.
5. 5. For good (37–43) / excellent (44–49) bands, coach maintenance levers matched to the job's demands — recovery between shifts, sleep, strength and aerobic reserve against the job's physical load, heat and hydration awareness for outdoor work — framed per the FIOH action model as support/maintain. For poor/moderate bands, do NOT coach a fix: restore/improve is occupational medicine's territory.
6. 6. Record the total, band, job-demand class, flags, and referrals; sign. Retest cadence: 12 months for good/excellent (sooner after a job change or injury); poor/moderate is re-screened only alongside the occupational-health professional's own plan.

What counts as done

• All 7 WAI items administered and the total (7–49) recorded with its band (poor 7–27 / moderate 28–36 / good 37–43 / excellent 44–49) and the job-demand classification (physically / mentally demanding / mixed)
• Any poor or moderate band routed to an occupational-medicine professional or clinician with the referral recorded (restore/improve actions are clinical territory, not the agent's)
• Any active injury, unmanaged chronic disease, work-limiting pain, or heavy recent sick leave routed to a clinician or occupational health regardless of the total score; any crisis or self-harm signal routed to a crisis line / emergency
• For good/excellent bands: a maintenance coaching plan matched to the job's demands (recovery between shifts, sleep, strength and aerobic reserve) plus a 12-month retest date recorded

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.