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Dept. of Human Work Science

ARE002 Ergonomic Intervention at Work 1.5 ECTS credits

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LANGUAGE: English

EXAMINER
H Shanavaz Prof

PREREQUISITES
General eligibility for admission and a good knowledge in English

COURSE AIM
To give the students a general knowledge about ergonomics and its objectives with examples of intervention at work.

CONTENTS
A mixture of theoretical and practical orientation, emphasizing on theories and models as well as focussing on implementation issues, techniques and examples of intervention. Optimization of physical activities, requirements for successful intervention and rationale for empowering people to participate in problem solving.

TEACHING
Lectures and description of ergonomic intervention examples. The students will work in groups of 2 or 3 with an example of an ergonomic intervention and their findings presented

EXAMINATION
Classroom assessment, presentation of the intervention study and reporting
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS


Presentation and Report                                     	1.5ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
1. Grandjean, R., 1986, Fitting the Task to the Man, Taylou and Francis 2. Oborne, D.J., 1982, Ergonomics at Work, John Wiley&Sons Ltd

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