Occupational Therapy Services for Employers Across Ontario

A Job Demands Analysis (JDA) combines a Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) and Cognitive Demands Analysis (CDA) to provide a comprehensive assessment of a specific job and its workplace demands.

Sometimes referred to as a Job Site Analysis, Job Site Assessment, Workplace Assessment or Worksite Assessment, a JDA identifies the job’s physical demands, ergonomic risk factors, cognitive demands, sensory demands, psychosocial demands and behavioural requirements.

The result is a detailed, objective description of what the job requires, helping employers support job matching, accommodations, return to work and informed workplace decision-making.

We build JDAs for return to work.

An Occupational Therapy (OT) Functional Workplace Assessment evaluates how an individual worker’s functional abilities relate to the demands of their job or a specific work task.

The assessment can help identify workplace barriers, challenging job demands and potential injury or re-injury risks, while informing practical recommendations for workplace accommodations, job modifications and safe return to work.

A Functional Workplace Assessment may be completed before or during a return-to-work program, when accommodation needs are being considered, or when an underlying health condition may affect an employee’s ability to safely perform specific job demands.

Our Job Match Assessment supports return-to-work planning by comparing an employee’s documented functional abilities with the physical and/or cognitive demands of a specific job or task.

Functional abilities may be documented through a WSIB Functional Abilities Form (FAF), Functional Abilities Evaluation (FAE) or other current medical restrictions information. These abilities are compared with the job demands identified in a Physical Demands Analysis (PDA), Job Demands Analysis (JDA) or WSIB Physical Demands Information Form (PDIF).

Where a mismatch is identified, workplace accommodations or job modifications may be recommended where possible and practical to support a safe and suitable return to work.

Our Registered Occupational Therapists provide Office Ergonomic Assessments to evaluate workstation set-up, posture, equipment and work habits that may contribute to discomfort or increase the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

Each assessment includes practical recommendations for workstation modifications, positioning and equipment use, along with individualized employee education and ergonomic resources to help employees understand and apply the recommended changes.

The goal is to improve workstation fit, support comfort and safe work practices, and reduce identified ergonomic risk factors.