Post Offer Employment Testing
Certification Course

Our Post Offer/Pre Employment Testing Course is designed for professionals who are looking to implement or expand their knowledge in performing legally defensible pre-placement and post-offer testings/screenings. Attendees will go on-site at a local company, perform an on-site job analysis, create a job description, and design a post offer employment test in class! The course teaches the latest ADAAA, EEOC, Civil Rights Law, supreme court precedent, and provides research to help you design legally defensible POETs and fit-for-duty tests. Learning outcomes include:

• Perform essential job demands analysis at a local employer
• Create a legally defensible POET based on the actual job evaluated in the course
• Create a post offer/pre employment test from a video of a job you bring
• Write industry accepted essential functions and job descriptions using the US Department of Labors sentence analysis technique
• Expand your market share into this cash based market
• Use research and regulations supporting testing for your customers
• Gather and store the important information
• Recognize and consider the importance of the following federal law, case law, and research supporting tests:
• Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Case law since the 1960s
• Review of studies that support pre-placement post-offer screening
• Preparing for legal scrutiny
• Develop post offer and fit-for-duty including the following:
• Test development including job replicated testing and standardized tests
• Tests to use and not to use
• Administering and validating your tests
• Writing up your results
• Understand program implementation, review, and market expansion
• Yearly review of each contract
• Marketing your program to future customers
• Creating proposals and writing contracts for testing

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapist Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Exercise Physiologists
• Chiropractors
• Medical Doctors
• Kinesiologists
• Physicians
• Allied Health Professionals
• Safety & Health Professionals

• Introductory
• No prerequisites required
• 15:1 student to instructor ratio

• Category 2: OT Process – Prevention
• 13 hours (2 days)
• 1.3 AOTA CEUs

• Participation in the full two days of training
• Performing a real on-site job analysis and creating a post offer employment test
• Classroom presentation/critique of your post offer employment test
• Completion of course quiz with a score of 80% or better in all course formats

Day one:

• Discuss the different types of post offer tests on the market
• Learn the ins and outs of ADAAA and civil rights legislation and supreme court precedent
• Receive research to put together legally defensible POETs and fit-for-duty tests
• Learn how to perform a high level job analysis to collect the essential functions
• Go on-site to a local company for preparation of a job analysis and job description
• Design a post offer/pre employment test based on the on-site findings

Day two:

• Create/document your findings from the JDA.
• Write the job description and document the physical demands associated with each essential function
• Learn how to obtain and grow your business
• How to be recognized as the best in our market and how to market your skills to companies

We are an approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Approved provider status demonstrates our commitment to meeting established AOTA criteria and guidelines for the development and delivery of quality education activities. Organizations that are AOTA Approved Providers have demonstrated a strong commitment in meeting the needs of occupational therapists and assistants in regards to ongoing learning and professional development.

We are recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer training courses to certified athletic trainers. Every course we offer is approved for continuing education units (CEUs) as defined by the BOC for certified athletic trainers. Our BOC approved provider number is P3880.

For your convenience, we have obtained physical therapy approval in many of the 50 states. If your state does not have approval at the time of your course purchase, we will get approval in your state for your chosen course. Please contact us for a full and current list of approved states!