The course is designed to cater to the following professionals:

• Purchasing department
• Facilities Management
• Supervisors
• Managers
• Health and Safety personnel
• HR with responsibility for Health and Safety

The objective of the programme is two-fold:

• It is designed with the aim of helping persons with supervisory responsibilities to make their workplaces better – and more productive – for all workers, and
• Enhancing health, safety and well-being in the workplace by creating a better fit between the worker and his workplace

Session 1:
What is Ergonomics?

• Definitions
• History
• Development
• Current state – examples

Session 2:
Why is Ergonomics important?

• Companies/Workplaces – advantages and disadvantages

Session 3:
The Study Of Ergonomics

• Physical
  • Use of Anthropometric data
  • Useful mathematics (simple statistics)
• Cognitive
• Organisational   

Session 4:
Physical Ergonomics

• Computer Workstations
  • Evaluation criteria
  • Ill effects
• Plant/Factory (Industrial environment)
  • Manual Handling
    • Assessment Tools (UK & USA)

Session 5:
Project

• Evaluation of Workstation
• Product evaluation or Design
• Work flow evaluation

Session 6:
Implementation And Applicability

• What now? – how to use the information / how it all affects me