Mine medical tests
Submitted by Mick on Sun, 2010-01-03 17:47
G'day guys
Going for a drug, alcohol and physical exam tomorrow. Just a question though. Dont have a problem with the drug and physical, but what about alcohol. Just got back from Exxy and Coral Bay and I drank at least 4 times my weight in beer. I mean a 9.30am start was a late start. I was going to head down to the pub for a couple of frosties with some of the boys but unsure of the ramifications. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers Mick
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carnarvonite
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Time
What time?Usually takes 12-16 hours to fully clear from your system
fishcrazy
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water
drink a real lotta water and pee lots before 2morrow
Mick
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There goes the pub idea
There goes the pub idea then. Water here I come
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woody
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Not really worth drinking
Not really worth drinking the night before if you KNOW you have a test the next day....its the randoms you will have to worry bout in the future!! haha
Hope its not a Rio medical...they are pretty hardcore
Dale
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I've done 3 Rio medicals in
I've done 3 Rio medicals in the last 6 months and struggled in the first 1, got through the 2nd and blitzed the 3rd.
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lots of water and a good
lots of water and a good solid meal, no alcohol for 12 hours before the test and you should be fine.
just nothing silly the day before or it can count against you.
cheers and good luck
Tony
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Ive
Ive had a couple of beers the night before a test, with no probs. As long as you arnt getting hammered..all will be good.
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dont listen to them Mick
you are young and resilient and so far all the old farts have chimed in with "advice".
Go out, get blotto, go nuts. You can beat the odds and pass the medical. It all comes down to self belief......
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
Mick
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Water tastes like shit. But
Water tastes like shit. But i heeded their warnings. This will be a first for me and i dont want to blow my chances
If the lord did not mean for us to eat fish and game, he wouldn't have made them outta meat
The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. That's why so many people appear bright...until they speak.
Alan James
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Simple then
Don't drink. If you are serious then I think it is good advice from an old fart.
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get some urals they clean
get some urals they clean out your system
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Medicals
I am a Senior Manager at a Gold Mine, so I hope I can offer a small bit of insight.
If its a pre employment medical we are not usually worried about alcohol. We dont test for it at the pre employment stage, but all companies have different procedures. However being p!ssed at your medical is not a good look. As long as you havent taken any illicit drugs in the last couple of weeks, and are fit for the work you should be fine.
When you get to work, beware of the p!ss, Ive seen it become the undoing of a lot of new blokes.
good luck
claire
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With my history of mine
With my history of mine medicals, you usually have to have 12-16 hours 'quiet time' before your medical for the hearing test, so I hope there wasn't a band at the pub last night! I also hope you didn't get blotto because doing all those balance tests with a hangover wouldn't be that great!
As Woody said, its the randoms you have to worry about once you've got the job. We still continue to have people blow over when they know there is a breatho for every employee every morning. I just don't get it.
HuggyB
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Peoples "theories" Claire
at how much they can handle. I had one guy I worked with state that he would be OK if he drank 10 beers before 10pm. If he drank more than that, or after 10pm he would blow over. It was random testing so I guess he "flew under the radar" so to speak. I was amazed at the sheer stupidity of his theory. And his is one of many I have heard (six beers before dinner, then no more than 2 after etc).
For the hearing test Mick, delay it if you can. Go get your ears flushed, then wait 24 hours (keeping loud noises to a minimum as Claire suggested) and do the test. You'll be amazed at what they wash out of your ears......it is truly hideous! Plus you'll hear things much easier....LOL
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takes me back......
to the good old days working in the mines.
easy to find the druggies......one would buzz the camp with a little cesna and being distinct from all other planes that service the mine everything would know when the camp was being drug tested.......and believe me you would see people run out into the spinifex desert... still laugh at the chicken race...ha ha
beer depends on many things but most work off 6 beers before 9pm and you should be safe to blow 0 at 6am.
but yeh seen many a bloke piss $$ down the drain for what really?
dont drink to much water before your test or it will be to dilute and they will start asking questions also; and you will have to pay for the second test.....just take it east a few days before.
good luck
Starbug
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Rule of thumb is your body
Rule of thumb is your body can process 1 standard drink in 1 hour.
it's all dependent on what your liver can deal with. Have a couple of drinks but give your body pleanty of time to clean up. :)
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Rule of thumb is 10 before
Rule of thumb is 10 before 10.
After 13 years in the mining game from nickel to iron ( rio and bhp) you will be fine.
The last one i done had blood test and and shit load more and with a couple of beers the night before I blizted them.
You dont have to be the fittess person to past these .
Good luck
claire
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I remember a certain
I remember a certain person telling me whenever they flew the drug test kits in to work the boys would get on the site radio and ask admin "Where they wanted the drug test kits dropped off", even though there was already someone to pick them up. Needless to say there were a lot of drive-outs and sickies the next day! Back in the day....
Took a while for them to work out that the kits would have to be driven in under a big secret!
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Or you can always get
Or you can always get yourself a Whizzinator. (google that!)
Cheers
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Dale
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so, did anyone google it??
so, did anyone google it??
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If you know you've got a
If you know you've got a medical, limit yourself to a couple of beers (or drink cokes), you want to be right for the medical the next day - think about it, a couple of beers, or a job? Your choice...
Once on site? Grin... Rule of thumb is to drink responsibly, easy done. If you're gonna have a big one, then make sure you self test with the breatho unit they will have in the camp the next morning - it's your responsibility to make sure you don't present to work unfit... If it's a site that requires you to blow at the start of each day, and you blow over in camp, better to tell em you blew over and stay in camp than try to bullsh!t and say you're sick, cos often they'll have to send the nurse out to check up on you, and if they report back you've just had a big one, get ready for a written warning... Blow over on site, and you often get a written.
Either way, after drinks, just make sure you have a feed at night, and drink plenty of water before you go to bed, as the air cons in the donga's dehydrate the buggery outta you, and that aint good for the next day cos it takes longer to get the alcohol outta the system when dehydrated...
If you do get pinged, don't blame it on the aftershave, mouthwash, 3 midstrengths you had the night before whatever... you just look like a d!ck and people know you had a big one - you've blown over. Take it on the chin, and don't do it again... if you do, you'll likely be down the road...
Been on 4 sites over 8 years that have had this sorta stuff... I'm no expert on it, but i'm one of the blokes that have to do the breathos on our site in the morning... Seen it, and unfortunately i've had to ping blokes for blowing over...