OEUK offshore medicals.
Assessed by an approved examiner.
Fitness to work offshore, assessed in Roodepoort, Johannesburg against current Offshore Energies UK guidance, Medical Fitness for Offshore Work, Issue 8.1, published February 2026. Formerly known as the OGUK or UKOOA medical. Wind turbine technicians are assessed to the Energy Institute's Medical Fitness Assessment for Wind Turbine Workers, First edition, March 2025.
Fitness to work offshore,
and to get off in an emergency.
An offshore medical asks two questions. Can you do the job safely on an installation where definitive medical care is a helicopter ride away, and could you take part in an emergency evacuation, including escaping a ditched helicopter and boarding a life raft.
That second question shapes much of what the assessment covers. Vision, hearing, lung function and general physical capability are assessed against the standards for offshore work rather than against a general occupational template. Where the assessment calls for a measured exercise capacity, a Chester Step Test is conducted; it is not part of the standard assessment. Drug and alcohol screening is conducted with documented chain of custody where your operator requires it.
Guidance is not static. Issue 8.1 was published in February 2026 and is the version assessments are conducted against here. If your last medical predates it, some detail will have moved since.
The weight limit, and why it exists.
OEUK guidance sets a maximum weight of 124kg rather than a body mass index cut-off. This surprises people who arrive expecting a BMI figure, so it is worth explaining.
The number is not a judgement about health. It is set by the capacity of the winching equipment used to lift a person from the sea during a rescue. Above that weight the equipment cannot be relied upon to do its job, which is a limit of the hardware rather than of the person.
Height and weight are recorded at every assessment and considered alongside everything else, not on their own. The preparing for your medical page carries the OEUK guidance on this in full, along with a step-by-step of how the assessment runs on the day.
Special groups.
Offshore work carries a number of roles with their own additional fitness requirements over and above the standard OEUK assessment. All of them are assessed here.
- Emergency Response Team. Fitness for the physical demands of the emergency response role on the installation.
- Crane operators. Assessed against the vision, hearing and general fitness requirements for the role.
- Rope access. Fitness for work at height and for rescue from height.
- Wind turbine workers. Assessed to the Energy Institute standard alongside the OEUK assessment.
Done here, not across town.
Before you book.
Is this the same as the OGUK medical?
Yes. Offshore Energies UK was formerly Oil and Gas UK, and before that UKOOA. The assessment is the same one, now conducted against Issue 8.1 of the guidance published in February 2026.
Is there a weight limit?
OEUK guidance sets a maximum of 124kg, set by the capacity of rescue winching equipment rather than by body mass index. Height and weight are recorded at every assessment and considered alongside everything else.
My operator has extra requirements. Can you do those too?
Yes. WorkFit works with operator-specific protocols for oil, gas and renewable energy personnel. Send the requirements through when you book so anything additional can be planned into the same appointment.
Pick a time that suits you.
Choose your assessment, pick a slot, and we email your forms and a list of what to bring. Your fee is confirmed before you commit.