HE1942 : Industrial Hygiene Certification Program BOHS-M506: Ergonomics Essentials (Including Manual Handling & DSE) (Accredited by the British Occupational Hygiene Society - BOHS)

This practical and highly-interactive course includes
real-life case studies where participants will be
engaged in a series of interactive small groups and
class workshops.
This course aims to provide candidates with a broad
based introduction to ergonomic principles and their
application in the design of work, equipment, and the
workplace. Consideration is given to Musculo-skeletal
disorders, manual handling, ergonomic aspects of the
environment as well as the social and legal aspects.
Study of this module is beneficial to persons wishing to
qualify for the Certificate of Competence in this subject.
On completing this course successfully, participants will
be able to:-
• Understand and apply ergonomic principles to
the creation of safer, healthier, and more
efficient and effective activities in the workplace
• Understand ergonomic risk assessments
• Develop appropriate control measures for
ergonomic risk factors
• Describe work-related causes of Musculoskeletal
disorders
• Design a workplace according to good
ergonomic principles
• Assess ergonomic aspects of the working
environment and work organisation
This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of
BOHS-M506: Ergonomics Essentials (Including Manual Handling and DSE). It covers the
ergonomics and its scope in relation to work including anatomy, physiology and psychology,
with respect to ergonomics building blocks like anthropometry and biomechanics; the
observational experimental methods which can be used for investigation, so that work,
equipment, and planned systems can be improved for human use; the ergonomics at work,
and where to obtain information and advice for using ergonomics; and the work design,
ergonomics risk assessment and measurements and information gathering.
During the interactive course, paticipants will learn the disorders resulting from manual
handling and repetitive work and explains the causes, how to assess and prevent them
and how to reduce their effect; the workplace layout and equipment design and the
principles of workstation and system design, space and workstation design principles and
risks to health; the design considerations for visual display unit (VDU) stations including
controls, displays and information; the problems in the physical environment in relation to
human responses and how to reduce these problems; and the key aspects of health and
safety standards, covering ergonomics, social aspects and training, instruction, and
supervision requirements.
This course will require at least 45 hours of study time, of which at least 37 hours will be
taught (teaching and practical assessments) and 8 hours will be independent (in the
candidates’ own time).