Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 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, participants will be able to:-. 1) Apply ergonomic principles to the creation of safer, healthier and more efficient and effective activities in the workplace . 2) Conduct ergonomic risk assessments . 3)Develop appropriate control measures for ergonomic risk factors . 4) Describe work-related causes of muscolo-skeletal disorders . 5) Design a workplace according to good ergonomic principles . 6) Assess ergonomic aspects of the working environment and work organization.The course normally run as a taught course over 5 days (minimum of 45 hours including lectures, tutorials, practical/demonstration sessions, guided reading, overnight questions and examination). There will be a 40 short answer question ?open book? examination with an allowed time of 120 minutes. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of ergonomics. It covers the general principles of ergonomics including the biological ergonomics, psychology and developing ergonomics strategy at work; the ergonomics methods and techniques covering work design, ergonomics risk assessment, measurement and information gathering; the musculo-skeletal disorder including manual handling and work related upper limb disorders (WRULD); and the workplace, job and product design, workplace layout and equipment design, controls, display and information. During this interactive course, participants will learn the relevant physical factors of the work environment comprising of lighting, noise, thermal environment, other considerations, clothing and protective equipment; the SO standards and sources of standards; the training need analysis; the testing and interview techniques; and the instruction and supervision for health information, legal instruments, records and measuring health and illness.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

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 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
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30