KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 61: Gas Mask, Job Performance, Firefighter
31 Aug 2016
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Pannu couldn"t wear gas mask because of his big beard and therefore lost his job: economically hard to invent new masks. 1999 meirorin decision (supreme court of canada: tawney meiroin was dismissed because she failed running test, complained that aerobic standard discriminated against women, still performed firefighter duties effectively, they changed aerobic standards she won. 1: familiarization with job, comprehensive job review, physical and physiological characterization. Discriminatory tasks if not essential are to be removed. Undo hardship: if accommodation of needs affects health, safety, cost. Legislates that supervisors and management will be deemed criminally negligent if they fail to take reasonable measure to ensure the bodily safety of persons doing the. If an employee can"t do the job the employer is not performing due diligence". Forest firefighter applicants: pre-participation screening, aerobic fitness test (level 6 shuttle run, upright row (digging) Structural firefighter applicants: vision, hearing, pulmonary function. Hose carry/stair climb, rope pull, hose advance, victim drag, forced entry (timed)
