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Introduction to Ergonomics

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Categories Ocuppational Health and Safety
Duration 01h 20m
Total Enrolled 4

Description

Ergonomics deals with the arrangement of the workplace to fit the worker. This course looks at 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 then 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 basic knowledge in the application of ergonomic principles to design of industrial workplaces and the prevention of occupational injuries and to understand the breadth and scope of occupational ergonomics.

What Will I Learn?

The Definition of Ergonomics
Benefits of Ergonomics
Physical Stressors That Cause Ergonomic Disorders
Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs)
Types of CTDs
Preventing CTDs
Workstation Design
Injuries from Work Process
Employee Involvement in Ergonomics
Some Suggestions for Avoiding Ergonomic Disorders

Topics for this course

7 Lessons01h 20m

Course Instructions?

1. After completing a lesson, click on "Complete Lesson" and get a green "tick" against the lesson 2. Once all lessons are completed, click on "Go to Course Home" and click on "Complete Course" 3. Click on "View/Download Certificate" to view or download your certificate. Ready, Set, Start Learning!