The International Ergonomics Association identify three areas of ergonomic application.
Physical Ergonomics
Physical ergonomics is concerned with human anatomical, anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity. The relevant topics include working postures, materials handling, repetitive movements, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, workplace layout, safety and health.
Cognitive Ergonomics
Cognitive ergonomics is concerned with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, as they affect interactions among humans and other elements of a system. The relevant topics include mental workload, decision-making, skilled performance, human-computer interaction, human reliability, work stress and training as these may relate to human-system design.
Organisational Ergonomics
Organisational ergonomics is concerned with the optimization of sociotechnical systems, including their organisational structures, policies, and processes. The scope includes communication, crew resource management, work design, design of working times, teamwork, participatory design, community ergonomics, cooperative work, new work paradigms, organizational culture, virtual organisations, telework, and quality management.
By designing work in ways that align both the human and machine components of your work system to customer needs in a very flexible way, you can optimise your effectivess with them and get the best possible financial returns.
And in time of need...
There are those rare occasions at work or in work-related contexts, where people at any level need skilled counselling help. Members of our team who are appropriately qualified also provide counselling services.
