Description

Theory/Practice
2

Laboratory
2

Instructors

Maria Antónia Gonçalves

Contents

1. Work Study
a. Concept
b. Work design
c. Work component activities.
2. Methods Study
a. Techniques of activities of observation and recording.
3. Work Measure
a. Techniques for determination of default times.
4. Relationship between Work Study and Ergonomics
5. Ergonomics: Concept and domains
6. Applyed Anthropometry
a. Principles and practice of Anthropometry;
b. Anthropometric data types;
c. Static or structural dimensions;
7. Occupational Biomechanics
a. introduction to biomechanics analysis of work;
b. Assessment of manual handling tasks;
c. The NIOSH equation for lifting loads;
d. Transport and handling charges: recomendations for handling tasks
e. Manual Handling Assessment Charts (MAC)
f. KIM Method(Key Indicator Method)
8. Ergonomic Evaluation of Workplaces
a. Ergonomic Work Analysis (EWA)
b. RULA and REBA Methods
d. Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA)
e. The Strain Index

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the teaching of this course, students should be able to:
[1] to carry out a study of the work (methods and times), using the techniques studied and to understand how to use other methods of measuring times;
[2] to frame Ergonomics in the work context, to present its scientific basis and the main branches of knowledge on which it is based;
[3] characterize and assess the risk associated with manual cargo handling activities;
[4] identify and recognise the importance of applying ergonomic principles in the design of workstations;
[5] acquire knowledge about Anthropometry, the methodologies and instrumentation used in obtaining and measuring anthropometric parameters;
[6] Develop ergonomic intervention capacity in workplaces, based on anthropometric principles and potential ergonomic risks.