Mobile workplace health screening service

Manufacturers, construction and trades firms, warehouses, mines and oil and gas suppliers, and municipalities with staff who work in noisy or hazardous settings.

A fee per person tested, or a day rate for on-site clinics. Annual repeat testing creates returning clients.

• Technical training in the tests you offer
• Careful, accurate record keeping
• Organizing busy testing days
• Dealing calmly with workers and supervisors

• Provincial rules on who may perform and interpret tests such as hearing tests, check with your provincial workplace safety body
• Equipment calibration and regular servicing, which affect whether results are accepted
• Commercial general liability and professional liability insurance, plus a vehicle insured for business use
• Health privacy rules for storing test results, which differ by province
• Winter driving and travel to remote sites can limit working days
• Equipment costs are significant, so avoid buying before you have a few interested clients

Startup costs are typically around $8,000 to $30,000, depending on the tests you offer, equipment, insurance and vehicle needs. This is an estimate. Equipment costs are significant, so avoid buying before you have interested clients.

Monthly revenue is typically around $3,000 to $15,000, depending on how many employer sites you serve and which tests you offer. These are estimates, and they assume at least 15 hours of work a week.

Check provincial rules on who may perform and interpret tests with your provincial workplace safety body. Also check equipment calibration and servicing, liability and vehicle insurance, and health privacy rules for storing results in your province.