Identifying suitable duties
Having suitable duties available is important to support an injured worker's return to work. An injured worker may need to begin with alternative duties and include more tasks as their capacity for work changes. WorkCover works with all parties, including the treating medical provider, employer, allied health provider and worker to ensure everyone is aware of where the worker is with their rehabilitation and stay at, or return to work.
The below list offers some job task analyses for particular roles to help facilitate and develop a suitable duties plan for injured workers.
The return to work checklists and plans can be given to the worker's treating medical practitioner to help them identify opportunities for their patient to return to work safely.
Jobs
- Job task analysis: Assistant in nursing (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Banana humper (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Bank teller (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Boilermaker (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Job task analysis: Care worker – Community sector (PDF, 0.06 MB)
- Job task analysis: Care worker – Residential sector (PDF, 0.06 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Chef (DOC, 0.11 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Cleaner – Education sector (DOCX, 0.05 MB)
- Job task analysis: Cleaner – Hospital (PDF, 0.09 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Cleaner – Hospital (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Job task analysis: Delivery driver / courier (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Delivery driver / courier (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Farm hand (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Forklift operator (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Grocery retail worker (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Job task analysis: Hairdresser (PDF, 0.15 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Machine operator – processor (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Music teacher (DOCX, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Musterer (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Job task analysis: Nursing – enrolled nurse (PDF, 0.06 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Nursing – enrolled nurse (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Job task analysis: Nursing – registered nurse (PDF, 0.09 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Nursing – registered nurse (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Operational services – hospital (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Orderly (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Performers (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Picker / packer (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Real estate agent (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Retail team member (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Sales representative (PDF, 0.03 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Seafood process worker (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Stable hand (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Store manager (PDF, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Teacher (DOCX, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Teacher aid (DOCX, 0.04 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Truck drive (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Wait staff (PDF, 0.05 MB)
- Return to work checklist: Warehouse storeperson (PDF, 0.04 MB)