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News Release from: Institution of Engineering and Technology
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 July 2004
The facts about colour vision defects
The IEE has released a health and safety factsheet that answers some of the common questions asked by people who think they may have some form of colour vision defect.
Approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women suffer from some sort of defective colour vision Many jobs require the ability to distinguish between colours, either implicitly or explicitly
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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For example, in the electrical and electronics industries, the ability to identify the colour coding of cables, wires resisters and capacitors, in different ambient illumination conditions, is required.
The IEE has released a health and safety factsheet that answers some of the common questions asked by people who think they may have some form of colour vision defect, as well as those asked by employees.
These questions include: what is "defective colour vision"; how to find out if you have colour vision defects; what jobs can you not do; what can you do about it; what does it mean to an employer or manufacturer; and the special perspectives of the electronics and electrical engineering industries.
The "Colour vision health and safety factsheet" can be downloaded from the IEE website. Request free introductory details about products from Institution of Engineering and Technology ...
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