Ergonomics and Human Factors: Strategic Solutions for Workplace Safety and Health

This applied program brings together professionals from across industries and sectors to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and improve workplace health and safety through ergonomics. Ergonomics and Human Factors explores both the technical skills required to perform job assessments and the organizational factors which contribute to successful ergonomics programs.

Participants will complete this program ready to control health and performance problems through ergonomic interventions, optimize their organization’s ergonomics program, and improve employee health and safety. As a participant, you will learn to:

• Initiate or improve ergonomics programs to optimize system performance and wellbeing
• Perform basic analysis to identify, evaluate, and control risk factors that contribute to work-related musculoskeletal disorders
• Describe evidence based approaches to combat the sedentary workplace