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Can you be colorblind and still be an electrician?
For their own safety and the safety of others, electricians must be able to accurately identify color-coded cables and wires, in variable lighting conditions. Therefore, a person who is color-blind cannot be an electrician.
Can a job not hire you for being color-blind?
Color vision deficiencies (often popularly called “color blindness”) are not ordinarily an issue in the workplace, as most employers neither ask about nor test for deficient color vision. Exceptions arise in some occupations, such as certain law enforcement and transportation jobs, based upon safety concerns.
Can you be color blind in the Army?
Color blindness will not make you ineligible to join the U.S. armed forces. An inability to distinguish red from green, or even a vivid red from a vivid green, will prevent a recruit from performing some military occupational specialties (MOS) or ratings.
What kind of engineering jobs require color vision?
There are multiple types of careers in engineering such as chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering where colored sight is needed. Defective color vision is a safety problem in the engineering industry, thus a CVD test is required in order for you to successfully qualify for the job.
Can you work as an electrician if you are colour blind?
Generally speaking these days you can work as an electrician with most forms of colour blindness, including the most common form which is a red / green deficiency.
Can you be colour blind and still have a job?
Most people with the most common forms of colour blindness can manage their condition as and when required, however for some people (very few who can see no colour at all) colour blindness can mean they can’t pursue a career
Are there any military jobs that allow for color blindness?
Even Army Special Forces allows for partial color blindness with red/green color discrimination, as does the Army’s artillery branch for several of its jobs. Two of the three career fields within the Army’s Military Police allow for partial color blindness with red/green color discrimination.