The students are to become ...

• familiar with the concept of ergonomics.
• able to classify the design areas of ergonomics by subject, by way of examples.

Time requirement: approx. 90 minutes

The students become familar with ...

• the objectives of ergonomic design
• the relationship between engineering design and ergonomics.
• ergonomic assessment criteria
• the statutory principles and technical standards for the implementation of ergonomic requirements
• the effects of technical aspects of stress upon performance and strain in the work process. In particular, the relationship between ability and willingness to perform can be regarded as part of the resource of human performance, and the influence of technology, organization and working task can be defined in its relevance.
• Scope for integrating knowledge of ergonomic design into the engineering design process
• Sources of information on ergonomic design aspects

Time requirement: approx. 90 minutes

The students become familar with:

• An understanding of human body dimensions and their distribution
• Recognition of the relationships between body and design dimensions, and differentiation between design dimensions
• Recognition of factors influencing body dimensions
• Knowledge of national and international sources of data and their application
• Knowledge of important data relating to visual geometry, and of their application and significance
• Insights into conventional and modern tools for workplace and product design
• Findings relating to seat reference points for design
• Knowledge of the main functional dimensions such as areas of reach, body space envelopes and safety distances, and of their significance and differentiation between them
• Determining of aspects of physical stress and strain
• Distinction between the effects of physical stress upon human beings
• Insights into forms of muscle work
• Familiarity with distinctions between physical strengths
• Findings relating to influences upon maximum and permissible physical forces
• Insights into the structure and functioning of the spine
• Knowledge of stress factors and limits
• Knowledge of strategies for evaluation and of normative references

Time requirement approx. 90 minutes

The students ...

• are familiar with the ergonomic stress/strain model
• are familiar with the ranking of measures, and with the reasons for this ranking
• have an overview of the influences upon the work environment
• are familiar with the physical principles behind influences upon the work environment
• are familiar with the statutory and normative principles for the im-plementation of ergonomic requirements
• are able to identify design approaches for the limitation of stresses

Time requirement approx 90 Minuten (of which 20 minutes are for the introduction)

The students become familar with:

• Introduction to important terminology and definitions
• -Understanding of methodical steps in the general and fine analysis of control actuators
• Knowledge of requirements for and characteristics of coarse and fine-motor control actuators
• Familiarity with ergonomic design principles for user interaction with displays
• Insights into selection, design, location and marking (sensory channel to be addressed, encoding of information for various signal types) of displays
• Knowledge of the design of visual displays (requirements for recogniz-ability, identification and interpretation)
• Knowledge of characteristics and design of analogue and digital displays
• - Knowledge of the applicability of analogue and digital displays
• Knowledge of the benefits and drawbacks of analogue and digital dis-plays
• Knowledge of the primary content of important standards

Time requirement approx. 90 minutes

The students …

• are familiar with a range of target groups and operator populations, and with the resulting differences in design criteria
• are familiar with the targets for the ergonomic quality of work sys-tems, and with the methods for its assessment
• are familiar with the complexity of work systems, including possible effects of separate design solutions
• are able to structure a work situation schematically in accordance with the concept of a work system, and to deduce from it the need for action and design
• are able to develop ergonomic solutions of their own, systematically and in consideration of existing and known design specifications (e.g. standards), for work systems, products or individual elements (hand-machine interface)

Time requirement approx. 90 minutes

The students are familiar with …

• the subject-matter and objectives of process ergonomics
• the connection between motivation and structuring of the task
• the essential concepts of plant organization
• the elements of organization development and means of optimizing the process

Time requirement: approx. 90 minutes

The students …

• are able to explain the concepts of fitness for purpose, usability and functionality of medical devices
• are familiar with the statutory requirements for the ergonomic design of medical devices
• can name important standards governing the ergonomic design of medical devices
• are familiar with the impact of the ergonomic design of medical devices upon patient safety
• understand the importance of usability engineering for the development and design of medical devices and of the work systems in which these devices are used
• are able to state the suitability of different usability methods for evaluating the ergonomics of medical devices
• are able to design a usability test

Time requirement: approx. 90 minutes