The Ergonomics field
Ergonomics is a science which discusses the inter-relations between man and his environment. Ergonomics contributes to the development and design of tasks, missions, products and systems in order to adapt them to the user’s needs, according to their abilities and disabilities.
Ergonomic considerations are an integral aspect when planning a working area. Whether in the office or in the industry one must take into consideration the ergonomic aspect. Ergonomists seek to find solutions that will answer the workers specific demands. The purpose of an Ergonomist is to create a comfortable healthy and safer environment that will potentially increase the efficiency of the worker which will prevent damage in the foreseeable and distant future.
Course goals
Supplying professionals from related fields such as medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, industrial design, physical education industrial engineering management, safety personals and architecture, with the tools to identify ergonomic hazards in different work environments, to assess them and to supply manners in which to solve them, in order to increase the workers efficiency and in order to prevent work related injuries.
Learning at the highest of levels
The Academy for Physical Education and Sport in the Wingate College, in corporation with Zvika Kats and Ergotime Ltd.,have built a unique course that combines contents from a large variety of sciences, all which are directly related to the science of ergonomics (medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, industrial engineering management, safety personals, optometry, biomechanics, psychology design, physical education and architecture.). The teaching staff within the course is composed of the finest of lecturers in their fields, all having practical experience; due to this fact the learning experience is practically a tangible one. The objective of the course is to expose the participants to a wide variety of aspects within the ergonomic science. One of the ways that this objective is achieved is by conducting guided tours to companies that specialize in ergonomic equipment.
Curriculum and course build up
The course consists of two stages. Stage A which discusses ergonomics in the office environment and stage B which discusses industrial ergonomics.
Each stage consists of:
1.50 hours of frontal lectures and professional tours.
2.15 hours of practical experience .
All together 130 hours (65 hours on each stage).
Stage A : Ergonomics in the office environment
- An introduction to ergonomics and human factors engineering
- Risk factors in the office environment (illumination and radiation)
- Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD’s)
- Ergonomic assessing tools used in office work stations
- Computer visual syndrome (CVS)
- Planning control units in video display terminals
- Ergonomic consideration in architectural plans
- Ergonomics and interior design
- Designing and improving of the working environment
- On the job training (OJT)
- Ergonomics for the disabled community
- Prevention through bio feedback
- Promoting employee health
Stage B: Ergonomics in the industrial environment
- Human factors engineering in the industrial environment
- Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD’s)
- Environmental hazards (noise, vibration ,climate)
- Saftey at work
- Workplace and job analysis
- Ergonomic evaluation tools in the industry environment
- Manual handling
- Stress and fatigue at the workplace
- Ergonomic factors in planning a production line and quality control stations
- Ergonomics in medical divisions
- Analyzing workers performances and increasing work productivity
- Electric and pneumatic transshipment tools
- On the job training (OJT)
- Rehabilitation of employees after work related injuries (WRI)
- Promoting health in factories
Learning method
Participants in the course will participate in frontal lectures and exercises in the class rooms. They will also analyze situations in teams and as individuals. Furthermore participants will take part in professional guided tours in companies where they will gain practical experience. Participants will also be referred to professional literature and articles in the field of ergonomics.
Practical experience
Participants will be exposed to the field of ergonomics through guided tours in leading factories from the Hi-tech,lo-tech, food etc’. This is a special opportunity to get acquainted with a variety of work procedures, equipment and tasks. All of the above will be of great assistance in applying the knowledge acquired at the course.
Professional manager and course lecturer
Zvika Katz- is an ergonomic consultant, physiotherapist, B.PT degree and has a masters degree in “occupational health” (M.Occ.H) on behalf of the TEL AVIV UNIVERSITEY (Industrial Hygiene Course) . He specialized in Surrey University in the U.K. at the ROBENS Ergonomic CENTER. Mr. Katz is a senior lecturer of Ergonomics at the Israel Institute for occupational Safety and Hygiene and is considered an expert on Ergonomic subjects within the Israel Government Ministry of Trade and Commerce Department. Mr. KatZ. has been instructing in Ergonomic interventions plans at factories for the last 14 years and 7 years ago founded “Ergotime Ltd. and serves as its CEO.
Lecturers
The course will be accompanied by a staff of senior lecturers from the following fields: ergonomics, architecture, employee psychologists, biomechanics, industrial design, and industrial management. All lecturers practice their field in well known academic institutes and have much experience in their various fields.
Audience
Physical therapists, occupational therapists, industrial designers, physical educators, architectures and safety supervisors.
Acceptance terms
B.A in any of the fields mentioned above.
Diploma
Those that meet the courses requirements will be given a special authorization certificate on behalf of the Wingate Academic College Centre which will detail the fields that have been practiced during the course. Places of practical experience that have been achieved during the course will also be detailed in the certificate.
The course has received recognition by the Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor.
Working opportunities
Ergonomics is an expanding field in Israel over the past few years and throughout the world, and for that reason ergonomists are in great demand these days. The skills that will be achieved at the course will enable graduates to blend in ergonomics teams in their current work places and in other companies.
Recognized as a Study Fund Course (Keren Hishtalmut)
The course curriculum will be submitted for approval
Cost
Tuition fee - 5900 N.I.S
Subscription fee - 290 N.I.S
Payment
Payment is possible either via credit card or by a standing order. The payment is subjected to the provision of rules that appear in the chapter that discusses payment arrangements in the bulletin of the Wingate Academy.
Cancellations and refunds
Wingate Academy reserves the right to perform changes in the curriculum or in the lecturing staff of the course for whatever reason. In such an instance registrants will be refunded all their fees. Cancellations will be accepted in writing. Rules of debit and refunds are detailed in the bulletin of the Wingate Academy.
Locations and dates
External Education Centre - in the international sport center in Hadar Yosef, Tel-Aviv
Every Tuesdays between 15:00 – 19:30.
Course commences in January 2009.
Free parking at the tennis courts of Hadar Yosef
For further information and for subscription please contact
The Academy for Physical Education and Sport (Zinman Academy),Wingate Academy Ltd. Tel Aviv
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