OGUK/OEUK medical
It is Oil & Gas UK policy that all persons working offshore shall be examined periodically and classified as medically fit to work in the offshore environment.
An unrestricted Oil & Gas UK certificate of medical fitness for offshore work allows the holder to travel to and work on any installation within the UK offshore sector.
Additional specialist duties such as emergency response team membership will require further assessment.
Do you also need a Emergency Breathing System (EBS) Fitness to Train or Emergency Response Team (ERT) medical? We may be able to do it at the same time as OGUK/OEUK .
About the OGUK/OEUK certificate
The assessment of an individual’s fitness to travel and work offshore involves making an assessment of the risk posed – either to themselves or to others – by any underlying medical conditions they may have.
Attending your medical
- Please come to your medical wearing comfortable clothes you can move easily in as you may be required to do a step test.
- Please remember to bring photographic ID, your previous OGUK/OEUK certificate and your glasses (do not wear contact lenses for your examination).
- Avoid loud noise for 16 hours before your medical as this may affect your hearing test.
- You will be asked to provide a urine sample as part of the medical. This is not a drugs test.
You will need to bring:
- Photo ID (passport, driving licence or Seaman’s Discharge Book)
- GP’s name, surgery address and contact details
- Details of any medication you’re taking
- Your glasses or contact lenses if you wear them (though not colour correction lenses). You will need to remove contact lenses during examination
- Your previous medical certificate if you have one.
- Comfortable footwear and clothes to enable you to undertake exercise test if needed.
- Urine sample so that your kidney function and blood sugar levels can be tested.
- Measure your height and weight.
- Take your blood pressure.
- Test your eyesight and check for colour blindness.
- Physical examination – you will be asked to undress to your underclothes.
- If you have any previous medical history then the doctor will discuss this with you too.
- Sometimes other tests are needed such as a step test, an ECG or spirometry (breathing test).
At the end of your examination the doctor will discuss the outcome and issue you with one of the following three certificates:
- Fit without restrictions (unrestricted)
- Fit with restrictions (limiting your work to certain jobs or locations)
- Temporarily or permanently unfit.
An OGUK/OEUK certificate of fitness for offshore work can be valid for up to 2 years.
Yes, we can undertake the Emergency Breathing System (EBS) Fit to Train medical at the same time as the OGUK/OEUK medical. Prior to your appointment you will be asked to complete a questionnaire with respiratory, ear, nose and throat checks and a lung health assessment which will be assessed in the face to face medical.
Please see the questions page if you have any more queries about your appointment with North Yorkshire Medicals.
And if your question isn’t covered there, please do not hesitate to contact us.