Our Methodology

GSC focuses specifically on injury prevention, physical job demands, workforce readiness, and the management of physical work requirements.

We are not a general safety compliance consulting firm. Our expertise is concentrated in the areas where physical demands, employee capability, injury prevention, ergonomics, hiring, and return-to-work intersect.

Our core solutions include:

• PDA Workforce Management System

• Physical Demand Analysis (PDA)

• Pre-Employment / Post-Offer Agility Testing

• Injury Prevention Staffing Services

• Return-to-Work and modified-duty job matching

• Ergonomic risk identification and prioritization

This focused approach allows GSC to go deeper than a traditional safety vendor in understanding the physical demands of work and how that information can be used across the workforce lifecycle.

GSC project work is delivered by experienced Job Analysts and movement science professionals with backgrounds in areas such as kinesiology, exercise science, ergonomics, and allied health and specialists with industrial expertise.

Our analysts are trained in GSC's methodology and use the U.S. Department of Labor, Handbook for Analyzing Jobs methodology as the foundation for Physical Demand Analysis.

But the value is not simply the credential or the methodology.

Our analysts understand how work is actually performed.

They observe jobs in the field, measure and document physical demands, evaluate the essential functions of the position, and translate that information into usable data for HR, Operations, Safety, medical providers, and leadership.

We don't believe in analyzing a job from behind a desk.

Our team goes into the operation, understands the work, and builds documentation around the job as it is actually performed and the technology platform insures that there is no interpretation, no guesswork and no errors.

Our Job Analysts are not clipboard observers—they’re hands-on professionals who understand how to assess real work in real environments. They bring clarity to job expectations, helping clients align with ADA, EEOC, NIOSH, OSHA, and ISO standards.

GSC Job Analysts are trusted by some of the nation’s largest manufacturers to deliver data that protects workers, improves processes, and strengthens bottom-line performance.

GSC uses U.S. Department of Labor methodology as the foundation for its Physical Demand Analysis process.

That methodology provides a standardized framework for documenting the physical requirements of work, including factors such as essential functions, job tasks, tools, equipment, sensory and environmental conditions, PPE and job qualifications.

GSC then applies professional expertise and technology to turn that information into usable workforce intelligence.

The same job-demand information can support:

Hiring → PE/PO Agility Testing → Return-to-Work → Reasonable Accommodation → Ergonomic Prioritization → Workforce Management

We don't just deliver documentation.

We stand behind it.

GSC's objective is not simply to produce a PDA and leave the customer with a report.

We build job-demand information that can be used, understood, and defended.

Our methodology is designed to provide consistent, objective, and defensible information that supports workforce decisions. When questions arise about the job, the methodology, or how the information should be applied, GSC remains available to support the customer.

The value isn't just the document. It's the methodology, expertise, data, and support behind it.

GSC provides services nationwide to small, mid-level and enterprise companies.

Our experience includes manufacturing plants, distribution centers, warehouses, mining operations, construction-related environments, and other physically demanding workplaces.

Our model is designed to work whether you have:

• One location

• Multiple facilities

• A regional operation

• A national workforce

For multi-site organizations, GSC can help establish a consistent methodology and standardized job-demand data across locations while still accounting for the differences in how work is performed at each site.

One methodology. One standard. Workforce intelligence that can scale.

You don't have to wait until injuries increase or a compliance issue forces the conversation.

GSC is most valuable when an organization recognizes that it needs a better understanding of the physical demands of its workforce.

Consider GSC when you are experiencing:

• Inconsistent or outdated job-demand information

• Difficulty determining appropriate modified-duty work

• Challenges communicating job demands to medical providers

• Increasing lost-time or restricted-duty cases

• High turnover or significant new-hire volume

• A need for job-specific PE/PO agility testing

• Inconsistent testing practices between locations

• Ergonomic concerns that need objective prioritization

• Multiple sites using different job descriptions or physical requirements

• A need to standardize workforce information across an organization

GSC can also be brought in before a problem occurs.

Establishing accurate job-demand information before you need it allows HR, Operations, Safety, and medical providers to make better decisions when an employee is hired, injured, restricted, or being considered for another position.

The best time to establish the baseline is before you need it.

Because we aren't trying to be another safety vendor.

GSC specializes in the intersection of people, physical work, and injury prevention.

We don't provide generic safety observations or simply hand you another report.

We:

Understand the job.

Our analysts observe and evaluate the actual work being performed.

Use a recognized methodology.

Our PDA methodology is built on U.S. Department of Labor standards and enhanced through GSC's experience and custom technology applying those standards in real-world industrial environments.

Connect the data.

A PDA shouldn't live in a file cabinet.

The information can support hiring, PE/PO agility testing, return-to-work, reasonable accommodation, ergonomics, and workforce decisions.

Use technology to make the information useful.

The GSC PDA Workforce Management System transforms job-demand information into accessible workforce AI enabled intelligence that can be used across locations and departments.

And we stand behind our work.

We don't simply deliver a document and walk away.

GSC stands behind the methodology, the data, and the work product.

That is the difference between delivering documentation and becoming a true workforce partner.

You don't need hundreds of employees or hundreds of job titles to benefit from GSC.

Our approach can be scaled to the size and needs of the operation.

A small facility can begin with its most critical or highest-risk jobs and build from there.

For example, an organization may start with:

• The jobs with the highest injury frequency

• The jobs with the greatest physical demands

• Jobs with high turnover

• Jobs requiring PE/PO agility testing

• Jobs most frequently involved in modified duty

From there, the organization can expand its job-demand library as needs change.

Start where the value is greatest. Build from there.

GSC's technology and methodology are designed to support both individual sites and multi-site organizations.

Technically, an organization can document job demands internally.

The more important question is:

Can you create the same level of consistency, objectivity, defensibility, and usability—and maintain it over time?

That is where GSC adds value.

A PDA is not simply a checklist or a job description. The quality of the outcome depends on how the job is observed, how physical demands are measured, how information is interpreted, and how consistently the methodology is applied.

GSC brings:

• Established methodology

• Experienced Job Analysts

• Standardized data collection

• Professional interpretation and 3rd party oversight

• Job-specific physical demand documentation

• PE/PO agility testing expertise

• Return-to-work application

• Ergonomic risk identification

• Workforce management technology

• Multi-site standardization

• Ongoing support

And there is another consideration.

The real value of a PDA isn't the document.

It's what happens after the document is created.

Can HR quickly identify modified work?

Can a medical provider understand the actual job?

Can Operations see what work an employee can perform?

Can you develop a PE/PO test that actually reflects the job?

Can you identify the highest-priority ergonomic risks?

Can you use the information across multiple locations?

That's why GSC developed the PDA Workforce Management System.

We don't just help you document the job.

We help you put the information to work.

Know the Job. Use the Data. Protect the Workforce.

GSC connects job-demand analysis, workforce management, PE/PO agility testing, return-to-work, ergonomics, and injury prevention into one integrated approach.

We don't just deliver documentation. We deliver information you can use—and stand behind.