Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using industrial hygiene simulator. This course aims to provide a broad based introduction to ergonomic principles and their application in design of work, equipment and the workplace. Consideration is a given to musculo-skeletal disorders, manual handling, ergonomics aspects of the environment as well as to the social and legal aspects. On completing this course successfully, the participants will have a basic understanding of the following. 1) Understand and apply ergonomic principles to the creation of safer, healthier and more efficient and effective activities in the workplace. 2) Understand ergonomic risk assessments and appropriate control measures. 3) Understand the causes of upper limb disorders and how to reduce them. 4) Appreciate workplace layout and equipment design.5)Appreciate environmental aspects of good ergonomic design link to course overview PDF

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training