Ishihara

[MattyGregs]

How does this test work? Do I have to get 100% to pass?

 

[Intermodal]

It's a colour blindness test. They show you pages with numbers on. If you are unable to read the numbers (or in some cases, read them), it indicates that you do not have sufficient colour vision.

I'm not sure if you are allowed to fail on some of the pages. You can do Ishihara and other colour blindness tests online, why don't you try that?

The railway is not particularly sympathetic to colour blindness. There is an argument to be made that certain types of colour blindness would not affect your ability to work safely on the railway in a safety critical role, or render you unable to interpret signals and other signs, but the RSSB/ORR do not seem particularly interested in such an argument.

 

[MattyGregs]

Pretty sure I don’t have any colour blindness at all so shouldn’t be an issue. Just wanted to get a better understanding of this test.

 

[skyhigh]

Just wanted to get a better understanding of this test.

If you google it there's loads of information and practice tests.

 

[MattyGregs]

If you google it there's loads of information and practice tests.

Anybody used any apps for it? I can’t see much online that shows variety and different patterns etc

 

[Papa]

If you have normal colour vision then the test is a formality. Some of the plates are designed so that only people with certains types of colour blindness can read them and some are designed to give 2 different results depending on if you have normal colour vision or colour blindness. Absolutely zero preperation is required.

 

[choochoochoo]

You shouldn't need an app. Just google a few ishihara plates and see if you can see the numbers.

Or better still, go for a regular eye test, the optometrist will tell you if you've got any colour vision defects.

 

[MattyGregs]

I do have my eyes checked regular as I wear specs and never been told of any issues with colour blindness so I guess this should be easy enough to complete

 

[choochoochoo]

I do have my eyes checked regular as I wear specs and never been told of any issues with colour blindness so I guess this should be easy enough to complete

Then you got nothing to worry about.

 

[jopsuk]

remember it isn't a test of skill, aptitude or knowledge, it's test of (if anything) genetics. If you can easily get any sample cards right, then you're fine

 

[Sly Sloth]

Go to specsavers and advise them you have a railway medical coming up. They’ll check your vision against known railway standards and do a colour blind test. Worth £20 or so…and that’ll tell you that glasses would help but I’d just ask for the prescription which they’re legally bound to give you

 

[GB]

There are literally scores of results if you Google it.

Anybody used any apps for it? I can’t see much online that shows variety and different patterns etc

 

[12guard4]

Go to specsavers and advise them you have a railway medical coming up. They’ll check your vision against known railway standards and do a colour blind test. Worth £20 or so…and that’ll tell you that glasses would help but I’d just ask for the prescription which they’re legally bound to give you

Total waste of money and time. Save yourself the effort if you are by chance colour blind they'll tell you at the medical. Same with your eye site it will all be checked.