Occupational Rehabilitation Certification
Stop Competing With Every Other New Graduate
Learn a specialized assessment skill used in workers' compensation, disability management, and return-to-work programs in under 13 hours.
Most rehabilitation professionals graduate with similar degrees, similar placements, and similar resumes. Develop a specialized skill that helps employers, insurers, and rehabilitation teams make important return-to-work decisions.
Enroll In FCE CertificationMost New Graduates Follow The Same Path
You graduate.
You become licensed.
You apply for the same jobs as hundreds of other rehabilitation professionals.
Your resume looks similar.
Your clinical placements look similar.
Your degree looks similar.
When employers compare candidates, it becomes difficult to see who will create the most value.
The clinicians who advance fastest are rarely the ones with the highest GPA. They are the ones who develop specialized skills that solve important problems.
Functional Capacity Evaluation is one of those skills.
Occupational Rehabilitation Is A Growing Specialty
While most rehabilitation professionals focus exclusively on treatment, occupational rehabilitation focuses on helping individuals safely return to work and function in real-world environments.
Employers, insurers, case managers, lawyers, and disability professionals need objective answers to questions such as:
- Can this individual return to work safely?
- What physical demands can they perform?
- What accommodations may be required?
- Has rehabilitation achieved its goals?
- What work conditioning goals should be established?
Functional Capacity Evaluations help answer those questions.
Where Can FCE Skills Take You?
New Graduate
Build foundational clinical experience.
Occupational Rehabilitation
Perform return-to-work and functional assessments.
Work Conditioning Programs
Design programs based on objective functional findings.
Disability Management
Assist employers and insurers with complex cases.
Case Management Support
Provide objective functional information for decision making.
Medico-Legal Assessment
Participate in complex occupational and legal evaluations.
What Is A Functional Capacity Evaluation?
A Functional Capacity Evaluation is a structured assessment used to evaluate an individual's physical abilities in relation to work, function, and disability.
The process combines:
- Medical record review
- Interview and history
- Physical examination
- Material handling testing
- Functional testing
- Effort and reliability analysis
- Clinical reasoning
- Professional report writing
Why Employers Value FCE Skills
Many clinicians can provide treatment.
Far fewer can perform objective assessments that support return-to-work and disability decisions.
Occupational Rehabilitation
Support return-to-work decisions with structured functional assessment.
Work Conditioning
Help set program goals based on objective functional findings.
Disability Management
Contribute functional information to complex claim decisions.
Medico-Legal Work
Develop assessment skills that can support expert opinion work later in your career.
Learn From An Instructor Who Has Spent More Than 20 Years Teaching FCEs
The Metriks FCE Certification Program has been taught to thousands of rehabilitation professionals across North America.
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Kinesiologists
- Chiropractors
- Occupational Rehabilitation Providers
- Workers' Compensation Programs
The goal is not simply to teach theory. The goal is to teach a practical assessment process that can be applied in clinical practice.
See What A Professional FCE Report Looks Like
Many rehabilitation professionals first become interested in FCEs after seeing an actual report.
Download a sample Functional Capacity Evaluation report to see the level of detail, clinical reasoning, and documentation used in occupational rehabilitation.
Download Sample FCE ReportWhat You Will Learn
- FCE methodology and assessment structure
- Material handling testing
- Non-material handling testing
- Effort and reliability assessment
- Job demands analysis
- Clinical decision making
- Report writing
- Return-to-work recommendations
The online certification includes approximately 13 hours of instruction and lifetime access.
Build A Specialized Skill Employers Value
Master a structured Functional Capacity Evaluation process used in occupational rehabilitation, disability management, and return-to-work programs across North America.
Enroll In FCE Certification