Colour Vision Defects (Colour Blindness) - IEE Media Alert
20 July 2004
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. 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 & Safety Fact Sheet 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 employers. These questions include:
- What is "Defective Colour Vision"?
- How do I find out if I have Colour Vision defects?
- What jobs can I not do?
- What can I do about it?
- What does it mean to an employer or manufacturer?
- The special perspective of the electronics and electrical engineering industries
The Colour Vision Health & Safety Fact sheet can be found at http://www.iee.org/Policy/Areas/Health/cvdintro.cfm.
The IEE
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For more information about the IEE, please visit www.iee.org
Media enquiries:
IEE Media & Public Relations
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E: publicrelations@iee.org.uk
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