Resources - Standards

Background

In designing of production systems, economic and social goals can be combined, if ergonomics is integrated into the design process. More than 50 years of ergonomics research and practice have resulted in a large number of ergonomics standards for designing physical and organisational work environments.

The available standards include general recommendations for integrating ergonomics into the design process, as well as specific requirements for manual handling, mental load, task design, human-computer-interaction, noise, heat, body measurements, and other topics.

The standards can be used in different phases of the design process: allocation of system functions between humans and machines, design of the work organization, work tasks and jobs, design of work environment, design of work equipment, hardware and software, and design of workspace and workstation.

Resources

Beyond your national standards, you should consult the publications by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

An up-to-date database related to the field of ergonomics and human factors is ErgoNoRA, maintained by the Kommission Arbeitsschutz und Normung (KAN).

Please participate also in our survey about the Take up and use of ergonomics standards.

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