Training Ergonomics: Applied Industrial Ergonomics, Jakarta 28 - 29 Oktober 2010

PENDAHULUAN
Applied Industrial Ergonomics aim to learn how to improve the health, safety and productivity of your workforce through practical ergonomics solutions. Gain the skills and tools you need to make simple and effective ergonomic improvements in the industrial environment. Organisations with active health and safety programmes have many advantages including reduced absenteeism, reduced staff turnover, lower healthcare costs, reduced insurance premiums and compensation claims, fewer work related injuries and improved productivity. Especially on industrial ergonomics, this is should demonstrate how to apply ergonomics principles to industrial environments at three different levels of intensity. This approach will help reduce staff sickness and absenteeism, reduce healthcare costs, insurance premiums and compensation claims, improve the productivity of the workforce and the quality of the product. Ergonomic assessments clearly identify challenges and practical solutions enabling you to resolve workplace issues. Training is an essential element to ergonomics program success.

TRAINING ERGONOMICS CONTENT:

1. Introduction to Occupational Ergonomics
2. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
3. Recognising Ergonomic Issues
4. Evaluating Ergonomic Risk Factors
5. Prioritising Ergonomic Risk
6. Manual Material Handling Tasks: Lifting equation
7. Office Ergonomics
8. Ergonomic Design Guidelines
9. Ergonomic Improvements: Rapid Team event
10. Performing an Ergonomics review: Ergonomics Program Evaluation.
11. Video Manual Handling.

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Office Ergonomics

There are two kinds of hazards in the office; they are Ergonomics hazard and Safety hazard. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) are the most commonly occurring hazards in modern offices. These injuries result from poorly designed workstations, and inadequate job design.

Ergonomics deals with the compatibility between workers and their work. Poor ergonomic conditions exist when the “work” is incompatible with the workers’ bodies and their ability to continue working.

OBJECTIVES of OFFICE ERGONOMICS SEMINAR
The specific objectives of this Office Ergonomics Seminar were to enable you to:
• Develop an understanding of the basic elements of office ergonomics;
• Identify tasks that can potentially cause work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) and other injuries to the muscles and joints;
• Develop an ergonomics program and set goals for your workplace; and
• Focus on problem solving through employee and management involvement.

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