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Ergonomic analysis for elementary school teachers. Preliminary trial for elementary schools in the province of Buenos Aires

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Cuenca, Gabriela | Nusshold, Patricio

Affiliations: Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina. info@gabrielacuenca.com.ar | Secretaría de Investigaciones, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. patricio. nusshold@gmail.com

Note: [] Ergonomist, Industrial Designer,Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina. info@gabrielacuenca.com.ar Both authors are members of the Asociación de Ergonomía Argentina. Departamento de Salud Ocupacional, Dirección de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y de la Facultad de Medicina, de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Note: [] PhD Student, Ergonomist, Organizational Psychologist, Secretaría de Investigaciones, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. patricio.nusshold@gmail.com Both authors are members of the Asociación de Ergonomía Argentina. Departamento de Salud Ocupacional, Dirección de Cultura y Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires y de la Facultad de Medicina, de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Keywords: teachers, education, ergonomics, work analysis, methodology

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0010-3685

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 3685-3692, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

This article presents the results of a preliminary trial, in the context of an intervention, developed by a team of ergonomists under the request of the Occupational Health Department of the General Management of Schools in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We present a reformulation of the request and the results obtained in 2009 from observations and interviews held in three schools in the province of Buenos Aires in which different jobs positions were assessed. From this stage onwards, the tools were validated and new aspects were shown, particularly in relation to the high variety of real situations in the education sector.

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