Ergonomics and Occupational Health

Code:

MESHO0003

Acronym:

ESO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MESHO	54	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08	1	-	6	64	160

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To put ergonomics in the occupational context and present its scientific fundaments and the main branches of knowledge in which it is based on;
- To characterize the ergonomic approach of man-machine systems, by identifying their essential aspects (interface, work space, workload and corresponding physiological requirements, biomechanics, psycho-physics and psychological);
- To acquire knowledge of methodologies and instruments used to obtain and measure anthropometrical, physiological, biomechanical and psycho-physical parameters in the monitoring of experiments during the execution of occupational tasks;
- To identify the role of Occupational Medicine in the context of safety, hygiene and health at work;
- To be familiar with some measures of prevention of occupational disease, as well first aids in case of occupational accident;
- To pass on general notions of clinic and occupational pathology;

Program

- Introduction to Ergonomics. Aims. Scientific fundaments;
- Occupational biomechanical, psycho-physical and psychological aspects.
- Applications of physiology of muscular work;
- Applications of biomechanics;
- Ergonomic approach of man-machine systems;
- Man-machine interface. Control dials and devices;
- Work space and human physical dimensions. Static or structural anthropometry, dynamic or functional anthropometry and Newtonian anthropometry;
- Implications of anthropometry in occupational safety;
- Muscle work physiology; Static and dynamic muscle work;
- Applications of anthropometry in equipment and work space dimensioning;
- Occupational health and occupational medicine. Legislation;
- Clinic and occupational pathology;
- First aids.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam