OHS507 OCCUPATIONAL ERGONOMICS
| Course Code: |
8770507 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(0-3) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Principal of ergonomics, worker-workplace interactions, occupational factors affecting the worker, shift work, workplace hazards, occupational risk factors for musculoskeletal system and disorders, work physiology, lifting, workplace design, Ergonomic guidelines for sedentary and standing tasks, effect of thermal factors, noise, vibration, and illumination, ergonomic assessment of the workplace
