Note 3 Health, fitness, eyesight and disability (continued…) Severe anomalous dichromacy or trichromacy Information about the medical and eyesight is also acceptable but you will need to be standards, the fitness test and fitness aware of the deficiency and make appropriate training can be found at adjustments. The Equality Act 2010 prohibits Eye surgery discrimination, victimisation or harassment Radial keratotomy, arcuate keratotomy or in employment, including recruitment. If corneal grafts are not acceptable. you have a disability, we will make adjustments where it is reasonable to do Other forms of refractive surgery such as so. Please provide any additional LASIK, LASEK, PRK, ICRS and epiflap are all information about your disability and acceptable provided that six weeks have details of any reasonable adjustments that elapsed since surgery, there are no residual you think you may need to complete the side effects and the other eyesight standards application form or undertake the are met. assessment process. If you have a learning difficulty and require reasonable adjustments in completing this form, please contact the force you are applying to. Disability is defined as physical or mental ‘a impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’. Eyesight requirements You may have seen a chart like the diagram above at your The optician’s. actual chart is much larger and is read from a distance of six metres. Each line equates to a standard. The standard you need to meet either with or without spectacles or contact lenses is: Distance vision 6/12 or better with either your right or left eye 6/6 with both eyes together If you wear spectacles or contact lenses you also need to reach 6/36 without your spectacles or lenses. Near vision 6/9 with both eyes together (aided). Colour vision The use of colour-correcting lenses is not acceptable. Severe colour vision deficiencies (monochromacy) are not acceptable. Mild anomalous trichromacy is acceptable.
Note 3 Health, fitness, eyesight and disability (continued…) Information about the medical and eyesight standards, the fitness test and fitness training can be found at The Equality Act 2010 prohibits discrimination, victimisation or harassment in employment, including recruitment. If you have a disability, we will make adjustments where it is reasonable to do so. Please provide any additional information about your disability and details of any reasonable adjustments that you think you may need to complete the application form or undertake the assessment process. If you have a learning difficulty and require reasonable adjustments in completing this form, please contact the force you are applying to. Disability is defined as ‘a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’. Eyesight requirements You may have seen a chart like the diagram above at your optician’s. The actual chart is much larger and is read from a distance of six metres. Each line equates to a standard. The standard you need to meet either with or without spectacles or contact lenses is: Distance vision 6/12 or better with either your right or left eye 6/6 with both eyes together If you wear spectacles or contact lenses you also need to reach 6/36 without your spectacles or lenses. Near vision 6/9 with both eyes together (aided). Colour vision The use of colour-correcting lenses is not acceptable. Severe colour vision deficiencies (monochromacy) are not acceptable. Mild anomalous trichromacy is acceptable. Severe anomalous dichromacy or trichromacy is also acceptable but you will need to be aware of the deficiency and make appropriate adjustments. Eye surgery Radial keratotomy, arcuate keratotomy or corneal grafts are not acceptable. Other forms of refractive surgery such as LASIK, LASEK, PRK, ICRS and epiflap are all acceptable provided that six weeks have elapsed since surgery, there are no residual side effects and the other eyesight standards are met.
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