Job simulations are employment tests that ask candidates to perform tasks that they would perform on the job. Applicants complete tasks that are similar to tasks they would complete when actually working in the position on a day to day basis

1. PhysioAadhar
JOB SIMULATION

2. What is a Job Simulation?
 By adding job-specific situations to traditional
treatment, work simulation helps keep an injured
worker connected to job duties, and prevents him
from becoming just a patient.
 Or job simulation can be define as putting a
worker in a similar or mock situation that closely
resemble the task or tasks that worker perform on
the job
 Education progressive increase of weighted
activities and practice in the safe environment
can be the primary purpose of job simulation

3.  Job simulation is always individualized process
and also job demand specific designed
 Industrial Health integrates work simulation into
the acute phase of physical therapy, helping
establish the injured worker’s capabilities and
maintain his/her confidence. By using specific
work stations, such as lifting or sorting, Industrial
Health can customize the job functions for each
injured worker, ensuring that therapy is targeted
to the worker’s needs.

4. History of job simulation
 It has been a focal point in the fields of
occupational therapy and vocational rehabilitation
 Many peoples are benefited from this therapy
including victims of war ,heart attack, stroke,
amputees, mentally ill, the congenital
handicapped, blinds and elderly
 Matheson’s work includes the use of the west
equipment to quantify a workers function abilities
and to simulate the work environment

5. Advantages to job simulations
 Higher predictive validity: If a candidate scores
well on a job simulation, they are more likely to
perform the job well.
 Better applicant insight into the job role: Job
applicants are exposed to the tasks they will
perform and can determine whether they would
able to perform the work.
 Fairness: Because simulations are job-related,
job applicants can immediately understand the
relationship of the test to the job and perceive the
evaluation process as more fair than other
employment tests.

6. Jon simulation fields of
application
 Industrial therapy
 Sport medicine
 Cardiac therapy
 Auto and personal injuries (RTA)

7. consideration
 Safety consideration
 Fear consideration
 Other consideration

8. Safety consideration
 Safety is a primary reason why actual
performance of the job is not appropriate
rehabilitation after injury, it is not safe for worker
to perform job fully so job need to be break down
to independent component in order to perform
them in safe manner.
 In controlled work conditioning environment the
injured employee can begin handling the
maximum load at waist level, then lesser loads
from floor and overhead, after building
endurance to carrying on level surface and
practice climbing stairs ramps, uneven or slippery
surface with no load. task can be combined by

9. Fear consideration
 Other primary objective of the job is to bring down
the barrier of fear, to over come that fear again
task need to be break into individual component
and making them less recognisable
 It is very common for worker do develop fear of
reinjury. Efforts of rehabilitation is fail unless the
fear is addressed, in this condition the recovering
person can relapse because of fear
 By job simulation the worker can gradualy
overcome the fear motion by motion and task by
task

10. Other consideration
 like uncooperative employer, where the injury is to
severe to even consider the approach or where the
worker have been off of the job and have already
faced difficulty returning
 Many times employer are unwilling to make
accommodation for light duty to accommodate an
injured worker, if there is work place issue off site job
simulation is an effective alternative way
 Many employer have felt that they have been returned
by temporary light duty becomes permanent. although
medical personnel may view such employer as
uncooperative there are often very good reasons for
this reluctance.
 In other cases employers must deal with seniority
issues, particularly if there is a union. Worker who
cannot return to there former job often cause morale
problem with other worker.

11. Job simulation approaches
 General simulation
• Equipment selection
• Safety consideration
• Clientele consideration
• Simulation physical demands
 Specific simulation
• Equipment consideration
• Worksite consideration

12. General simulation
 General job simulation tends to work on a part of
the body or a part of body task.
 General simulation uses simulted physical
depend. The physical demand of overhead
reaching can be initiallt simulated by having a
worker, a work with bolt box on a height shelf.
 General job simulation is used as a bridge
between education, specific excs. Technique and
specific job simulation activity.
 A mirror can be used to assist the individual in
self correcting, as they practice.

13. Specific simulation
 After improving the workers ability to perform the
general physical demands of the job, the worker
is ready for more specific simulation.
 A simulation of actual task simultaneously
performing more than 1 physical demand this is
termed as ‘Specific Job Simulation’.
 The individual is working near the required height,
weight with depending on the objectives of
specific simulation can also be progressed in the
amount of time and speed at which the worker
perform the task.

14. Lifting and Caring
 Any type or size of container
 Commercially available lifting boxes
 Heavy duty plastic bags filled with sands
 Concrete blocks
 Buckets
 Lifting and stacking station and various height
shelf
 Work simulator equipment
 Bag of cement or other substances
 Commercially available materials handling station

15. Stationary Standing
 Functional assessment upper extremity work
sample equipment
 Circuit boards small assembly
 Building trades equipment's
 Bolt box assembly line
 Work simulator equipment
 Electric hobby kits

16. Standing and Walking
Combination
 Collecting, filing and copying
 Alternating between 2 standing activities with time
pattern which simulate work station
 Lifting, caring, pushing or pulling can be
considered walking activity

17. Sitting
 Typing
 Sewing
 Driving simulation
 Stuffing envelopes
 Small assembly projects
 Other therapeutic activities projects such as those
that are at the time used in occupational therapy
or recreational therapt depts.

18. Other activities
 Climbing
 Balancing
 Sustained reaching
 Kneeling
 Sustained squatting
 Upper extremity coordination

19. Progression from general to specific
simulation
 As a individual progresses in the programme
more time should be spend performing general
and eventual specific simulation activities.
 Less time is spend on education, pan and stress
management and other components of the
programme.
 Things to be considered are Rejob analysis,
physical examination and history.
 Work hardening is also important before re-joining
the actual work.

20. Examples of Job Simulations
 Secretary Test
 Review Expense Report Guidelines.
 Identify problem areas in expense reports.
 Schedule an offsite meeting.
 Perform cost analysis for travel authorization.
 Customer Service Representative Test
 Verify customer Information.
 Calculate a customer’s usage requirements.
 Determine a customer’s eligibility for a discount.
 Interpret a series of customer complaint emails.
 Accurately notify customers of a product or service
change.

21.  Sales Representative Test
 Correctly calculate an invoice, factoring company
promotion into the final sale price.
 Schedule multiple customer meetings.
 Communicate product information to customer.
 Evaluate customer needs for a proposal.
 Retail Sales Test
 Demonstrate an understanding of different product
lines.
 Calculate a total purchase price, including
maintenance, for a product over two years.
 Help customers make a purchase decision based on
their needs.
 Confirm product availability.