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Ergonomics

Code: MESHO0016     Acronym: ERGO

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S Ícone do Moodle

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 19 Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2007/08 1 - 6 56 162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

— To put ergonomics in the occupational context, 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);

— Providing students with the knowledge about ergonomic assessment methodologies of the occupational risk as well as the instrumentation used in obtaining and measuring the used parameters;
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Learning outcomes and competences

This course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge to identify situations at risk of musculoskeletal symptoms and / or occupational disease, in different work contexts. Students should be able to select the most suitable methodologie(s) and perform the risk assessment of each job/task, as well as to identify the risk factors that may influence workers well-being and performance.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

This course welcomes students coming from different backgrounds being the main group of them from engineering and healthcare. 

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;
— Ergonomic diagnosis methodologies;

Mandatory literature

Margareta Nordin, Victor H. Frankel; Basic Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal system, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN: 0-683-30247-7
Don B Chaffin, Gunnar B J Andersson, B J Martin; Occupational Biomechanics, Wiley-Interscience Pub, 1999. ISBN: 0-471-24697-2
Itiro Lida; Ergonomia projeto e produção, Edgard Blucher, 2005. ISBN: 85-212-3054-3
Stephen Pheasant, C. M. Haslegrave; Bodyspace: anthropometry, ergonomics, and the design of work, Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN: 978-0415285209
ISO 8996:2004 - Ergonomics of the thermal environment -- Determination of metabolic rate, 2004
Eastman Kodak Company; Eastman Kodak Company: Kodak's ergonomic design for people at work,, John Wiley and Sons, 2004. ISBN: 0-471-41863-3
Karl H E Kroemer, Hiltrud J. Kroemer, Katrin E. Kroemer-Elbert; Engineering Physiology: Bases of Human Factors Engineering/Ergonomics, Springer, 2010. ISBN: 978-3-642-12882-0
ISO 11228-3:2007 - Ergonomics -- Manual handling -- Part 3: Handling of low loads at high frequency, 2007
ISO 11226:2000 - Ergonomics -- Evaluation of static working postures

Complementary Bibliography

Y. C. Fung; Biomechanics. ISBN: 0-387-97947-6
Ed John R . Wilson and Nigel Corlett; Evaluation of Human Work , CRC Press , 2005. ISBN: 978-0-415-26757-1
Edited by Neville Stanton, Alan Hedge, Karel Brookhuis, Eduardo Salas and Hal Hendrick;  Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods, CRC Press, 2004. ISBN: 978-0-415-28700-5
William S. Marras and Waldemar Karwowski; Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics, CRC Press , 2006. ISBN: 978-0-8493-1937-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

Half of the duration of the course are expositive lectures (two hours each) to present the main concepts and methodologies.
The remaining 50% of the course duration are practical sessions  (two hours each) to solve aplication problems, to interpret the approach methodologies used, and to consult the necessary documents.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation Weight (%)
Teste 90,00
Trabalho escrito 10,00
Total: 100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo 106,00
Frequência das aulas 56,00
Total: 162,00

Eligibility for exams

If applicable, the course frequency is obtained in accordance with FEUP official regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

CF = 0,45 T1 + 0,45 T2 +0,1 TE

Where:

CF = Final Score

T1 = 1st Test

T2 = 2nd Test

TE = Written Work

The mínimum score in each of the three assessment tools is 8 points on a scale of 0 to 20.

The 2nd test


Examinations or Special Assignments

In special cases, the evaluation of the level of knowledge acquired by students can be done through the performance of works, as previously agreed with the head lecturer of the course.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with FEUP official regulations.

Classification improvement

In accordance with FEUP official regulations.

By EXAM including all of the course contents.
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