Keep Your Wheels Turning with Pre-Employment Medicals
In the transport industry, the risks don’t just sit behind the wheel. Driver health directly impacts safety and your bottom line. A Pre-Employment Medical (PEM) helps you make sure every new hire is physically and medically fit for the job before they hit the road.
Long hours, heavy loads, tight schedules, and demanding routes take a real toll on drivers. Fatigue, cardiovascular issues, hearing loss, vision problems – any of these can compromise a driver’s safety, slow down operations, or lead to costly downtime. Staff absences already cost our economy billions every year. For fleet operators, every unplanned absence or safety incident means missed deliveries, customer frustration, and lost revenue.
A PEM provides a full health snapshot at the start of employment, highlighting any risks early. You’ll know if a candidate has underlying conditions that may affect alertness, stamina, or their ability to safely operate heavy vehicles. It also helps meet your legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, while giving you a clear record for future health monitoring.
Health Tick, the occupational health arm of The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), works with New Zealand’s transport and logistics companies to deliver PEMs designed for real-world driving conditions. Our registered occupational health nurses conduct thorough, job-specific assessments, from hearing, vision, lung function to cardiovascular checks and more, using calibrated, professional-grade equipment.
We know downtime is costly. That’s why Health Tick offers flexible delivery: PEMs can be done at our nationwide clinics or onsite via our mobile units that visit your depots, distribution centres, and remote sites, with minimal disruption to your operations.
Besides pre-employment checks, Health Tick also provides ongoing health monitoring, vaccinations, and respirator fit testing, all designed to keep your team healthy, compliant, and on the road.
Your drivers are your business. Make sure they’re fit for the journey. Book your pre-employment medical today: https://healthtick.com/contact-health-tick/
