Duration

2 days

Overview

The fundamental purpose of Industries is creating products with the least cost so as to compete in the market place. The employers are committed to ensuring that the highest level of productivity and quality is achieved by its employees. This has resulted in a new area of concern in the field of occupational safety and health, namely ergonomic hazards especially in the office environment. In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the occurrence of cumulative trauma disorders and work related injuries and illnesses.

The purpose of this course is to create awareness on the importance of Ergonomics in the workplace, especially in workplaces where repetitive activties and fatigue has been frequent. Knowingly or not, ergonomics has attained high visibility in our country. Since ergonomics related injuries are chronic rather than acute in nature, detection of human disorders are only noticed when the damage is already done. In many case the injuries are irreversible, and as such, the sufferer is permanently disabled. This has created lower morale among the employees, higher medical costs, and higher turnover.

Ergonomics programme will also to comply with Occupational Safety and Health Legislations namely, Occupational Safety and Heath Act 1994. This course also will help Management and employees carry out their responsibilities in line with the Legislation. The course is also designed to include Identification of Hazards, Risk Assessment and Risk Control especially that of ergonomic in nature.

Person undergoing this training is a very valuable tool to help management provide a safe workplace for the employees and improve the bottom line of any company, large or small. This training will also improve the moral of the employees with the assistance of their group leaders.

Objectives

The objectives of this two days training on Ergonomics in the workplace are:

Create an awareness of Ergonomics in the workplace.
The responsibility of the employers and the employees
Understand the important provisions of the OSH Act
Why Ergonomics is important in the work place
Why is sitting and standing had been introduced into an organization
The hazards involved in sitting and standing
How to conduct a Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control

Course Content

This is a two days programme with the following agenda :

Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health Management
What is Ergonomics
Understanding the Physiological and Psychological aspects of our workplace
What are the leading factors in Ergonomics
Why Ergonomics is important in the workplace
Video slide on Ergonomics - part 1
Why standing had been introduced in the workplace
How to make sitting or standing ergonomically right
Manual Handling – maintaining the right posture
The hazards involved in manual handling
Understanding Muscoskeletal Disorder ( MSD )

Cumulative Trauma Disorder

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Slipped Disc

Reynold’s Disease

Tendinitis

Trigger Finger, etc

Identifying hazards in the workplace
Conducting Risk Assessment
Controlling the hazard

Audience

This course is tailor made for management and supervisory staff, Ergomomic team members, Group leaders, Occupational Safety and Health Managers / Officers, Safety committee members and workers, such as office staff who are exposed to ergonomical hazards etc.

Methodology

Lectures with use of LCD system

Video show

Group discussion

Brain stimulation

Role play

Questionnaire

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.