2024 Applied Skills in Ergonomics
 
Course Agenda

Pre-Work (6.75 Contact Hours) - Online / Asynchronous

Pre-Work Materials will be made accessible on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. All pre-work is required to be completed by Tuesday, July 23, 2024. 

 

Day 1: Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 8 AM - 5:00 PM (7.75 Contact Hours)

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM: Introduction to Applied Skills in Ergonomics & Workshop Objectives with Melissa Afterman, MS-HFE, CPE

8:10 AM - 8:30 AM: Introduction to HF/E Applied Skills: Briding the Gap with Meg Honan, RPT, MS, CPE

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM: Lecture - Work Systems Model: Using the IDEAS Tool with Michelle Robertson, PhD, CPE

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM: Lecture - Introduction to Team Projects with Meg Honan, RPT, MS, CPE

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM: Hands-on Lab - Review Team Project Scenarios, Discuss Personas & IDEAS Step # 1

10:20 AM - 10:35 AM: Break

10:35 AM - 11:00 AM: Lecture - Physical Exposure Data Collection Methods for Manual Materials Handling with Robert Fox, PhD, CPE

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM: Lecture - Preparing for Manual Materials Handling Data Collection with Meg Honan, RPT, MS, CPE

11:10 AM - 12:10 PM: Hands-on Lab - Collecting Exposure Data for Manual Materials Handling

12:10 PM - 12:55 PM: Lunch

12:55 PM - 1:55 PM: Hands-on Lab - Collecting Exposure Data for Manual Materials Handling (continued)

1:55 PM - 3:55 PM: Hands-on Lab - Data Analysis for Manual Materials Handling (RNLE, LM MMH Equations, Lumbar Compression)

3:55 PM - 4:10 PM: Break

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM: Project progress check-in with Michelle Robertson, PhD, CPE; Meg Honan, RPT, MS, CPE; & Melissa Afterman, MS-HFE, CPE

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Hands-on Lab - Applying the IDEAS Tool

 

Day 2: Thursday, July 25, 2024, 8 AM - 5:00 PM (7.75 Contact Hours)

8:00 AM - 8:25 AM: Lecture - Physical Exposure Assessment Methods for Upper Extremity Tasks with Meg Honan, RPT, MS, CPE

8:25 AM - 10:25 AM: Hands-on Lab - Collecting Data for Upper Extremity Tasks & Time Study

10:25 AM - 10:40 AM: Break

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM: Lecture - Time Study to Measure Exposures & Data Analysis Planning with Melissa Afterman, MS-HFE, CPE

11:00 AM - 12:05 PM: Hands-on Lab - Data Analysis for Upper Extremity Tasks (ACGIH TLV for HAL, MAE/RCRA, Arm Strength)

12:05 PM - 12:50 PM: Lunch

12:50 PM - 1:20 PM: Lecture - Physical Exposure Assessment Methods for Upper Extremity Tasks with Robert Fox, PhD, CPE

1:20 PM - 2:20 PM: Hands-on Lab - Data Analysis for Upper Extremity Tasks (continued)

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM: Lecture - Applying Population Data and Design Standards with Robert Fox, PhD, CPE

2:40 PM - 2:55 PM: Break

2:55 PM - 3:10 PM: Project progress check-in with Michelle Robertson, PhD, CPE

3:10 PM - 5:00 PM: Hands-on Lab - Physical Design/Redesign & Evaluation of Interventions

 

Day 3: Friday, July 26, 2024, 8 AM - 5:00 PM (7.75 Contact Hours)

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Lecture - Applying a Systems Approach with Michelle Robertson, PhD, CPE

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM: Lecture - Presenting your Case with Meg Honan RPT, MS, CPE

8:40 AM - 10:10 AM: Hands-on Lab - Visual Display & Presentation

10:10 AM - 10:25 AM: Break

10:25 AM - 10:55 AM: Lecture - Cognitive Ergonomics in Design with Melissa Afterman, MS-HFE, CPE

10:55 AM - 12:55 PM: Hands-on Lab - Applying the IDEAS Tool

12:55 PM - 1:40 PM: Lunch

1:40 PM - 3:10 PM: Hands-on Lab - Presentation Development for Team Project Solutions

3:10 PM - 3:25 PM: Break

3:25 PM - 4:30 PM: Group Presentations

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Workshop Q&A