Ergonomy and readaptation

Teacher(s)

Schepens Bénédicte;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

Principal themes required to achieve the course goals : - applying the general principles of the Human pyhsiolgy to the workplace - risk factors in different working conditions, and for different types of handicap; - the best selection and use of different methods of risk management in factory; - measurement of physiological factors both in the laboratory and in the factory. The objectives will be achieved by means of oral presentations by the teachers as well as laboratory and field (i.e. working situations) practical exercises by the students. This course is part of the 'Ergonomy and readaptation' orientation, and is the continuation of the course 'Introduction to Ergonomy'

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	The student will study risk management, in terms of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in the workspace. The student will acquire knowledge about adapting the workspace to the worker, including handicapped workers. All Man-Machine interactions will be studied, both during the normal workday as well as in the home, during leisure activities, and so on.

Content

Work related risk factors evaluation.
Risk management  and prevention.

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical exercises in both laboratory and real working conditions.

Evaluation methods

Assesment by means of individual and/or group work to be submitted and presented.
Weighting proportional to the time commitment of the activities.
Assessment criteria for each activity communicated to students in the first lesson (and posted on Moodle).

Other information

One of the two courses part of the 'Ergonomy and readaptation' orientation

Online resources

cf. Moodle

Bibliography

cf. Moodle

Faculty or entity

FSM