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The main physical requirements for Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are related to foot patrol duties.
This includes all the following:
Exemption from any aspect of foot patrol duties cannot be regarded as 'Reasonable Adaption' under the terms of the Equality Act.
Applicants will have their eyesight tested at the medical assessment stage.
You may be asked to go to an optician to have your eyes tested and the eyesight form filled in.
Failure to pass this test will lead to rejection.
The current eyesight standards are:
Guide to Optician's Chart | |
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Unaided vision (without spectacles or lenses) 6/36 or better in either eye (2nd line down on Optician's Chart) is required. Binocular vision (vision with both eyes) worse than 6/6 (7th line on optician's chart) requires correction. Aided vision (wearing lenses or spectacles) 6/12 or better in either eye (5th line down on Optician's Chart) and 6/6 or better using both eyes (binocular vision) is required. Near vision 6/9 with both eyes together (aided) |
A 6/60 BC 6/36 DEFG 6/24 HIJKLM 6/18 NOPQRSTU 6/12 VWXYZABCD 6/9
PQRSTUVWXYZ 6/5 |
Applications from those who have undergone Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), LASIK or LASEK surgery will be accepted provided that six weeks have elapsed since surgery, there are no residual side effects and the other eyesight standards are met.
Visual activity
Colour
Eye Surgery
Audiometry
Vestibular Function
Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease
Asthma
Interstitial and Infiltrative Pulmonary Disease
Tuberculosis
Epilepsy
Inflammatory Neurological Disease
Degenerative Neurological Disease
Head Injury or Craniotomy
Diabetes Mellitus
Thyroid Disease
Pituitary Disease
Renal Calculi
Renal Failure
Renal Tract Malformation
Deformity or Loss of Function of Joint or Limb
Major Joint Surgery or Replacement
Joint Dislocation
Hip, Knee and Ankle Disorders
Neck or Back Disorders
Anaemia
Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease
Clotting Disorders and Anticoagulation Therapy
Polycythaemia
Candidates whose disease does not impede their ability to undertake foot patrol duties are acceptable. If accepted there may be restrictions on working alone. Specialist advice is required.
Personality Disorders
Psychoses
Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Eating Disorders
Obsessive / Compulsive and Phobic Disorders
Eczema / dermatitis
Psoriasis
Malignancy
HIV Infection
Viral Hepatitis
BMI