Work Ability Index (WAI) occupational work-capacity screen + maintenance plan — Los Angeles trades workforce.

Los Angeles runs one of the largest construction and trades workforces in the country — outdoor, physically demanding work where capacity erodes quietly under heat, load, and schedule pressure until an injury or a disability claim makes it visible. A confidential Work Ability Index screen gives a tradesperson a validated number for the capacity their livelihood depends on, catches the poor/moderate band while occupational medicine can still change the trajectory, and hands good/excellent scorers a concrete maintenance plan matched to the job's demands.

Where

Construction / trades workforce, Los Angeles, CA (confidential; 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

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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; heat and hydration awareness for outdoor work) plus a 12-month retest date recorded

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