Ergonomic training is one of the most important components of a corporation's ergonomics program. ErgExperts offers standardized and custom training programs. Training programs can range in length from minutes to days and can vary in scope depending upon the specific needs of your corporation. ErgExperts can provide or work with your in-house design and writing staff, regardless of your corporation's internal capabilities and workload. ErgExperts can design and deliver a custom training program and learning environment that meets your requirements and exceeds your expectations

Engineering, Safety, and Ergonomic Committee

The engineering, safety, and ergonomic committee training gives attendees a background in the science behind risk factors, teaches them how to utilize various ergonomic risk-factor identification techniques, and provides design guidelines to reduce the ergonomic risk associated with work. In this program attendees will learn:

• The structure and decision making requirements of the ergonomics process
• How to set action or trigger points in the process
• How to use historical, current, and predictive data in the ergonomics process
• The operation characteristics of the major joints of the body
• How to conduct various ergonomic risk-factor identification assessments
• To use engineering guidelines to minimize the ergonomic risk factors that have been identified

• History of (ignoring) ergonomics
• The scope of the work-related MSD problem or why you are here
• Rules, guidelines, standards, and politics
• Elements of an ergonomics program/process
• Future problems

• Anatomical overview
• Bones, ligaments, bursae, tendons, synovial sheaths, nerves, intervertebral discs, skeletal muscle, and joints.

• The hand and wrist
• The elbow
• The shoulder
• The back and spine
• The neck
• The legs

• The types of information available
• Sample of predictive data sources
• Class is divided into groups and OSHA's basic screening tool as well as a work sampling exercise is conducted

• The Job Strain Index (JSI)
• Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA)
• System To Evaluate Ergonomic Risk (STEER)
• Manual Material Handling Guidelines
• NIOSH revised lifting equation
• Pushing, pulling, carrying, and one-handed activities

• Anthropometry and work reach envelopes
• When to sit, stand, or kneel?
• Tool handle selection criteria and work height
• Display position and character size
• Body segment clearances
• Design guidelines for hand-held products
• Pushbutton guidelines for the fingers, thumb, and palm
• Summary of design considerations by body part (joint) to reduce musculoskeletal risk

Management Awareness Training

Management training gives attendees a bit of background in the science of ergonomics but concentrates on the cost-benefit of an ergonomics program and its role in the ergonomic process. Attendees will learn how to incorporate and gain assess to ergonomic data that may affect their decision making process. Existing corporate statistics and workstation designs are discussed and critiqued with respect to the ergonomics process.

Supervisory

Training for supervisors focuses on their role in the ergonomics process and working with employees to ensure that they are utilizing proper techniques. Supervisors are also taught how to recognize ergonomic risk factors in their area and some common solutions to address them.

Employee

Training for employees focuses on what the symptoms of musculoskeletal stress are and to whom and how to report them. Employees are shown examples of ergonomic fixes within the facility and how employee involvement and participation are paramount to the success of an ergonomics program because they are on the front line.

Office Ergonomics

Training for employees who work in clerical, administrative, engineering, or other types of office environments consists of recognizing symptoms related to musculoskeletal disorders and how employees can minimize the likelihood of developing them from some simple workstation adjustments.

Advanced special topics

ErgExperts will design and deliver special or specific seminars on areas of interest upon request. ErgExperts personnel deliver seminars and talks at regional and international ergonomic, industrial hygiene, and safety shows each year.