COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT AND JOB SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Industrial Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ŞEBNEM DEMIRKOL AKYOL

Offered to

Industrial Engineering

Course Objective

This course aims to provide students an understanding of various ergonomic assessment techniques and how these assessments can be used for reducing the potential for accidents, injury and ill health, improving performance and productivity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to ensure that the work and work environment are compatible with worker
2   To be able to define how the expectations from the worker can be evaluated from the perspective of ergonomics while performing a job
3   To be able to determine continuous performance limits in static and dynamic tasks
4   To be able to establish the relationship between heart rate and continuous performance limit
5   To be able to calculate ergonomic risk factors of the work environment
6   To be able to make ergonomic analyzes and reports through teamwork

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the history of ergonomics and job safety
2 Importance of ergonomics and work criteria
3 Worker and performance relationship
4 Assessing the energy requirements on the worker
5 Fatigue and break
6 Worker's posture in working environment
7 Evaluation of tools and equipment
8 Ergonomic load lifting and moving
9 Ergonomic risk assessment techniques-part 1
10 Ergonomic risk assessment techniques-part 2
11 Ergonomic risk assessment techniques-part 3
12 Group presentations
13 Group presentations
14 Group presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

* Babalık, Fatih C. (2016) Mühendisler Için Ergonomi Işbilim, 6. Baskı, Dora Yayınları.
* Lehto, Mark R. and Landry, Steven J. (2012) Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
* Marras, William S. And Karwowski, Waldemar (2006) Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics (The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook), 2nd Ed. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
* Wickens, Christopher D., Lee, John D., Liu, Yili and Gordon-Becker, Sallie (2003) An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering. 2dn Ed. Pearson.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture notes will be provided using whiteboard and visual presentations. Real world examples will be provided. Individual and team work exercises will be performed.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRJ * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRJ * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam (%30) + Project (%20) + Final Exam (%50)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Demirkol Akyol
Email: sebnem.demirkol@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 3017631

Office Hours

To be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.145
LO.2445
LO.3
LO.4
LO.55
LO.6

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