The Medical Check

THE MEDICAL CHECK

The medical check takes approximately 30 minutes, and our Occupational Health team will review your hearing, colour vision, mobility, and blood pressure.

There are a number of requirements you need to meet in order to be a Security Officer at Heathrow. These are to ensure that you’re able to safely implement security control measures and they include:

With or without glasses or contact lenses, be able to read correctly a vehicle number plate at 23 metres distance and be able to read labels on bottles of spirits and aerosols at a distance of between 30-50 centimetres.

Have 100% colour perception to use colour x-ray equipment and to check passes with colour codes.

With or without an aid, be able to hear radio and telephone communications, audio signals emitted by security equipment, and an average conversational human voice at a distance of two and a half metres in a quiet room.

Be physically fit to cope with long periods of physical activity, including standing, sitting, bending, walking and to have full hand dexterity. We will also check your blood pressure.

Be free from dependence on alcohol or illegal substances; colleagues taking prescribed drugs should be considered on an individual basis to ensure that their ability to undertake their duties would not be adversely affected.