Ergonomics is concerned with the arrangement of the workplace to fit the worker. This is an area of safety that is particularly needed in the workplace. This course examines common work-related musculoskeletal disorders WMSDs and considers how to identify the risk factors, assess the workforce and the work team members are involved with and how to control the hazards.

This course will help participants to increase awareness of the need for and role of ergonomics in occupational health, to obtain the required knowledge in the application of ergonomic principles for the design of industrial workplaces and the prevention of occupational injuries and to understand the breadth and scope of occupational ergonomics.