subject: The Importance Of Ergonomics In The Canadian Work Environment [print this page] Canada is home to the worlds tenth largest economy. Apart from oil and logging, the countrys economy is based on the manufacturing industry with emphasis to automotive manufacturing. With the number of available office jobs slowly increasing in Canada throughout the decades, the importance of installing ergonomic facilities is becoming more evident.
Ergonomics is a little known field of study that focuses on optimizing the job, equipment, and workplace in order to suit the workers. It places the human factor at a great value, and many business owners are convinced that ergonomics does have a significant impact on office productivity. Ergonomics highlights the human factor. It is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system. The profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance is crucial in the design of office spaces.
In Canada, many offices have begun installing ergonomic products as a way of ensuring employee satisfaction and overall worker efficiency. The seemingly small gesture of making the workplace more worker-friendly goes a very long way in the chain of events that lead up to the success of the business.
To assess the correlation between an employee and the technology being used, ergonomists, who help design the millions of ergonomic products Canada manufactures each year, consider the job or activity being done and the demands on the user, the equipment used and its size, shape, and how appropriate it is for the task, and the information used or how it is presented, accessed, and changed.
The many ergonomic products Canada mass produces draw on many disciplines in its study of humans and their environments. These include anthropometry, biomechanics, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, industrial design, kinesiology, physiology and psychology.
Companies who manufacture the ergonomic products Canada uses in its office environments understand the importance of striking a balance between function and health. They understand that keeping the employee safe, physically fit, and motivated is as important as - if not more important than - keeping office equipment in good working condition.
