Hello, I don't know if I'm in the right place here but joined when I saw this forum which has a specified section for Careers. I'm looking for advice on how train driver colour vision is conducted. The main reason I asked was that my son (13) is an aspiring train driver, but has had a prolonged eye condition since he was 7 (seasonal deffective conjunctivitis) which has affected him vision wise, which he's slowly growing out of. Ever since he tried an online Isehera test, he's becoming increasingly worried about his chances of passing a medical when he's older. When he was around 8, an optician at Vision Express conducted a full eye examination, including Colour Vision, which came back all clear. I took him again last week after being notified by the Opticians he was due for another check up. This time, he didn't manage the full set of Isehera plates, and after the full examination, the conclusion was he was not Red/Green colourblind. After some browsing about other forums, judging on others posts, I came to the conclusion that the Railway tends to only use the Isehera plate test to define colour defficiancy, and that you have no chance should you not succeed, or even another regulated examination. Does the railway medicals take into account external medical examinations (for example the opticians), or do they just let you go if they find some sort of issue?
Apologies again if this is in the wrong area, I'm really looking for someone to shed some light on this to put our minds to rest. Thanks
Apologies again if this is in the wrong area, I'm really looking for someone to shed some light on this to put our minds to rest. Thanks