Objectives and competences
Objectives:
• Student will gain in-depth knowledge about ergonomic workplace design using advanced facilities.
• Student will know how to use different methods and techniques for work and workplace design.
• Student will know how to analyse gained results of different methods and techniques and to assess them regarding benefits and weaknesses of selected methods.
• Student will gain knowledge about digital data capturing of worker’s movements with sensors suit.
• Student will know to give guidelines for using different ergonomics methods performed digitally, regarding different working environments.
Competences:
• In-depth knowledge about ergonomic workplace design using advanced facilities.
• Ability to use different methods and techniques for workplace design.
• Knowledge about digital data capturing approach.
Ability to use and assess different analyses regarding the workplace demands
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Basic principles of ergonomic workplace design.
• Working environment and its effects on worker (noise, illumination, temperature, humidity, air velocity).
• Human strain and stress in the work system.
• Ergonomic workplace design for persons with disabilities.
• Ergonomic tests and evaluation methods.
• Digital approach - computer aided work and workplace design based on anthropology.
• Digital data capturing - performance of computer simulations and ergonomics analysis with the use of modern research equipment (Xsens sensors suit, RIUM)
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures
• individual research work
• practical work with computer (simulations and analyses),
• seminar.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• In-depth knowledge about ergonomic workplace design.
• Knowledge how to use different ergonomics analyses manually and with computer software.
• Independent performance of ergonomics analyses.
• Assessment of different ergonomics solutions regarding working environment’s demands.
• Knowledge and understanding the meaning of different ergonomics methods.
• Knowledge and understanding the software for ergonomics workplace design.
• In-depth knowledge about digital data capturing and knowledge how to perform and use it.
Readings
• Polajnar, A.; Verhovnik, V.; Sabadin, A.; Hrašovec, B. (2003). Ergonomija. Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za strojništvo. https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb/50485761
• Vujica Herzog, N. (2016). Pregled testov in metod v ergonomiji. Fakulteta za strojništvo. https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb/89087489
• Vujica Herzog, N. (2019). Ergonomsko oblikovanje delovnih mest. Programski paket Siemens Jack. Univerzitetna založba UM. https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb/97131521
• Balantič, Z.; Polajnar, A.; Jevšnik, S. (2016). Ergonomija v teoriji in praksi. Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje. Slovenija. https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ukm/284449280
• Polajnar, A. (2006). Študij dela. Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za strojništvo. https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb/57704449
• Leber, M.; Polajnar, A. (2000): Študij dela za delo v praksi. Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za strojništvo, https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/si/sl/bib/ktfmb/45157377
