Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 97 55601 S2 X HUMAN FACTORS 1.00
Capital, whether viewed from the perspective of the individual, the firm, the nation, or the international community is a most valuable asset. Gains in the health, motivation, personability and efficiency status of human capital are passed on at all levels and contribute, through improvement in profitability and productivity, to a higher standard of living and welfare. This subject provides basic information and knowledge about the human factor and introduces loss prevention perspectives which emanate from that knowledge. The principles introduced in this subject apply as much to the leisure environment as they do to the work environment.
This unit provides basic information and knowledge about the human factor and promotes general loss prevention perspectives and insights based upon such knowledge. Topics covered include: anatomy and body systems, human anthropometry, ergonomics, the human machine interface and workplace layout and design, accident statistics and the rate trend and kinds of accidents that impact on the human body, the psychology of work, and implementing an ergonomics programme.
Successful completion of this unit will enable students to:
Description Weighting(%)
- Introduction and background 5.00
- Anatomy and physiology 25.00
- Workplace design 20.00
- Ergonomic related disorders 20.00
- Psychological aspects of work 30.00 Implementing an ergonomics program
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BNA, 1991, Cumulative Trauma Disorder in the Workplace: Costs,
Prevention and Progress, Washington DC: Bureaus of National Affairs,
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Pheasant, Stephen, 1991, Ergonomics, Work and Health, Aspen
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Kodak, Eastman, Ergonomic Design for People at Work, 1986, Van
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Grandjean, Etienne, 1988, Fitting the Task to the Man; An Ergonomic
Approach, Taylor, Francis, London.
Alexander, David C, 1986, The Practice and Management of Industrial
Ergonomics, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
ACTIVITY HOURS Directed Study 80 Private Study 85
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL 1 S 20.00 22/08/97 ASSIGNMENT 1-Progressive Item 20.00 Y 2 S 30.00 26/09/97 ASSIGNMENT 2 - Progressive Item 30.00 Y 3 S 50.00 31/10/97 ASSIGNMENT 3 - Progessive Item 50.00 Y
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