PDA Workforce Management System
PHYSICAL DEMAND ANALYSIS BUILT FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION
GSC’s PDA program is designed to meet organizations where they are—whether you need to establish a strong foundation at a single site, standardize job demands across multiple locations, or build an enterprise-wide workforce strategy.
Our team brings the experience to work directly with site leadership, HR, EHS, Operations, and medical teams to identify which jobs should be analyzed, where the greatest opportunities exist, and how PDA data can support the decisions that matter most to your organization.
We don't believe every company needs the same PDA program. Scope, job volume, workforce complexity, risk, and business priorities determine the right approach. GSC helps organizations prioritize the jobs that will create the greatest value and develop a practical rollout that can scale as needs change.
FROM PDA INVESTMENT TO MEASURABLE VALUE
A PDA is an investment in better workforce decisions. GSC helps quantify the potential value by connecting job-demand information to the costs organizations are already managing—including hiring, injuries, absenteeism, workers’ compensation, disability, turnover, and lost productivity.
We establish a baseline, identify where PDA data can influence decisions, and track the opportunities for cost avoidance, productivity protection, and improved workforce outcomes. The result is a PDA program built not simply around the number of jobs analyzed, but around the value those jobs and decisions represent to the organization.
THE RIGHT APPROACH FOR EVERY SIZE ORGANIZATION
The goal isn't simply to complete PDAs. It is to create job-demand information your organization can use to make better decisions.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Every GSC PDA program produces more than a completed analysis. Each job generates a set of practical, job-specific resources designed for the people who need to use the information—from HR and site leadership to EHS and medical providers. The reports provide the documented job requirements; Workforce Intelligence makes that information searchable, comparable, and actionable.
YOUR DATA, WHERE YOU NEED IT
All PDA reports and job-demand information are easily accessed through your PDA Workforce Management platform, where users can view, search, and query job data; download reports for use across the organization; or integrate the data into existing systems and workflows through API connectivity.
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The complete job analysis documents the essential functions and physical demands of the position, including the measurable characteristics of the work required to perform the job.
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A concise, practical summary that helps HR align job descriptions and postings with documented physical demands, improve interviews, and, when desired, support job-specific candidate testing.
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A clear, job-specific summary of the physical requirements designed to help medical providers understand the actual demands of the work when evaluating an employee’s ability to perform the essential functions of the position
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The value of the PDA extends beyond the individual reports. Structured job-demand data can be searched, compared, filtered, and queried using everyday language—allowing organizations to quickly find the information they need across jobs and locations.
Examples:
Which tasks can be performed in the material handler position with a restriction of no lift over 35#?
What are task options in the ABC department to accommodate no standing restrictions?
Which jobs in the Machine Operations Department have frequent overhead reaching?
Show me the top 10 tasks at the site with the greatest push and pull forces.
What jobs have a lifting requirement above 50 pounds?
Instead of searching through individual reports, teams can ask questions and get answers
from the job-demand data, turning completed PDAs into an ongoing resource for workforce decisions.
Your Questions, Answered.
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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.
Each IPS brings a deep understanding of body mechanics and job demands, allowing them to deliver hands-on support like body mechanics coaching, flexibility programs, early intervention sessions, and return-to-work planning. Whether it’s preventing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) or improving employee body mechanics, our IPS team is equipped to keep your workforce safe, flexible, productive, and at work.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
CORPORATE EHS MANAGER
"The PDA assessments provided by GSC are an exceptional tool that will support our ergonomic manual material movement initiative and return-to-work programs. Originally developed to baseline job demands for our agility testing program, they have proven to be invaluable across multiple safety and workforce initiatives."